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      Linux System Administrator Interview

      1 May 2023
      Anonymous employee
      Basking Ridge, NJ
      Accepted offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied through a staffing agency. I interviewed at Peraton (Basking Ridge, NJ) in Mar 2023

      Interview

      Peraton is a government contractor with roots that go back to the golden age of Bell Labs in the early 1980s but whatever that great era represented is all but lost. The company that stands today is a train wreck waiting to happen – do not get caught in its wreckage. The interview process is clunky and random – without any way for the candidate to anticipate what Peraton will do at any step during the process. Peraton popped a third interview on me – and this was after I was assured by both my recruiting agency and Peraton that there would be only two interviews. After an offer was made and formalized, Peraton at random announced a final interview the morning of it. All parties were mislead, including my recruiting agency. What turned out to be an interview was supposed to be a pep talk of sorts – something to prepare me for my first day the following week. Peraton ultimately rescinded their offer which turned into a huge mess – and I would use expletives if this were not a professional forum. Peraton is a sham organization. Avoid at all costs. Accepting an offer will not ensure employment. Not if the company at random has second thoughts – and in my case, the situation confused all parties. Without naming specific parties involved, the company was extremely rude to me if not outright belligerent near that last phase. The situation was odd as it seemed like the organization had something against me on a personal level – and my recruiting agency could not make sense of it either. I am the only person I know of who has had a job offered to him or her - paperwork signed start date given – only to have everything expected pulled like a rug beneath his or her feat. I want to say in regard to all of this, these are my opinions which should not be mistaken for claims of fact and should not be interpreted as such either. You are free to share my opinions however and I suspect you will adopt them as your own if you make the mistake of interviewing with Peraton yourself.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Interview questions were mostly easy – at least for the first two interviews. Here is a sample: 1. If a class C address has a subnet of /25, how many IPs are there: twice as many or half as many etc? 2. What is Wireguard? (This is a weird one – sort of random) 3. If an office employee is not getting internet connectivity – along with the rest of his or her office – how do you diagnose the cause of the connection issues? - Note: This is actually a good question but when you answer it go deep and expect the company to push you further. They will. 4. How do you analyze core dump files? (Hint, do not refer to them as files as the company somehow thinks they are not that – a person can do what they want with the misplacement of facts)
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