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they ask about previous work and ask the entire code to be written to show the past work if the work is not in more technical instead of checking your technical skills in the domain (which most companies go for and check if a candidate is skillfull) they simply call off the online interview .
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Embedded Linux Software Engineer

Interviewed at Natrinai Technologies Private

4.4
Jun 25, 2025

they ask about previous work and ask the entire code to be written to show the past work if the work is not in more technical instead of checking your technical skills in the domain (which most companies go for and check if a candidate is skillfull) they simply call off the online interview .

TCP vs UDP, NTP, ARP, MAC Address, IP address, HTTP, REST, Linux stack execution, Automation, Container vs VM, Linux distribution, SDN, Testing Process, CI/CD, and every possible thing u can think of Netwoking, Linux and Python.
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Linux Network - Software Engineer QA

Interviewed at IONOS

3.4
May 13, 2021

TCP vs UDP, NTP, ARP, MAC Address, IP address, HTTP, REST, Linux stack execution, Automation, Container vs VM, Linux distribution, SDN, Testing Process, CI/CD, and every possible thing u can think of Netwoking, Linux and Python.

Describe the linux boot process What's the difference between UDP and TCP Can either multicast? explain How do you allocate memory on the heap in C? How do you redirect standard error output to standard output in bash?
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Software Engineer Senior - Linux Engineering

Interviewed at Canonical

3.2
Jun 2, 2022

Describe the linux boot process What's the difference between UDP and TCP Can either multicast? explain How do you allocate memory on the heap in C? How do you redirect standard error output to standard output in bash?

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