u/Quadra16

Interviewed for the Linux & Systems Engineer – Fleet Operations Engineering role at Apple India during the June 29–July 3 virtual interview window.

The recruiter mentioned that candidates moving forward would be invited for an on-site interview in Bangalore or Hyderabad on July 10.

Has anyone from the same interview batch received any updates yet (on-site invite, rejection, or otherwise)? Just trying to figure out whether responses have started going out or if everyone is still waiting.

I’m preparing for an early-career Linux Systems / Fleet Operations / infrastructure engineering interview and wanted some general guidance from people who work in SRE, Linux admin, fleet ops, platform, or infra roles.
The stated areas are live coding, Linux basics, storage/networking, and fitment. I’m not asking for exact company/interview questions — just trying to focus my prep responsibly.
Right now I’m preparing:
Linux troubleshooting: slow server, high load/low CPU, D-state processes, disk full, inode exhaustion, df vs du mismatch, service won’t start, service running but unreachable, SSH issues, OOM killer, systemd/journalctl
Networking: DNS, TCP/IP, DHCP, ARP, routing, firewalls, ping works but curl fails, IP works but hostname fails, MTU/jumbo frames
Storage basics: NFS hangs, iostat/iowait, LVM, fstab issues, block vs file storage, basic SAN/multipath concepts
Coding/scripting: Python/Bash log parsing, top-N counts, hash maps, arrays, strings, basic DSA
Resume discussion: home server, Linux troubleshooting, automation, project debugging
For a 0–18 month Linux/fleet/infrastructure role, does this prep split sound right?
A few specific questions:
Are these interviews usually more scenario-based or command/trivia-based?
How much pure DSA should I expect compared to practical scripting/log parsing?
Which Linux/networking/storage scenarios are highest ROI to practice?
For storage topics like NFS, SAN, multipath, and iostat, what depth is reasonable for early-career?
Any topics people commonly over-prepare or under-prepare for?
Would appreciate any general direction or mock scenario suggestions.