I applied through other source. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Allstate (Pune) in Feb 2022
Interview
first there was aptitude test after that technical interview and then Hr interview. Both interviews were Based on Core basic skills. recruiter was nice and supportive overall good experience with overall process.
It was a pretty straight forward process. Nothing outside of ordinary. It was good. I liked it. No complaints, seems like a good company culture. It was quite good overall.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Allstate in Feb 2022
Interview
No phone screening. No discussion with HR or a recruiter.
Video interview with technical staff. Little opportunity to ask my own questions, no opportunity to discuss pay. No follow-up interview. Just being grilled with technical questions for a low-level technical job for 40 minutes.
The offered pay would need to be increased by 50% to be acceptable. The company ghosted me when I gave them my acceptable range.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a sticky bit?
What is the difference between umask and ulimit?
What is an inode?
What is a symlink? What is a hard link? How do they work?
Explain permission entries on a file and how they function.
No questions about containers, Kubernetes, git, infrastructure-as-code, or anything from the past 20 years.