I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Rackspace Technology
Interview
Initial communications were great, the team was very open and friendly to speak with. The on-site interview was another story. They scheduled for a 4AM departure from my home city, landing at the HQ in San Antonio at 1PM only to sit in the hotel lobby they set me up in for 3 hours until my interview time the same day at 4PM cause the Hotel's checkin was at 4-5PM I was not able to eat or freshen up prior to what turned into a five hour interview. Easily the most exhausting/frustrating experience in my life.
One thing to note: The background screening. The company they hired botched that beyond all expectations. Fail at an epic level doesn't come close to describe it. I had whoever this company was call me and start grilling me about someone else's history, after telling them for 15 minutes they had the wrong history they asked if I was not the person's name from the person's address and the last 4 of the person's social security number.
Since then there have been several internal customers who require additional screening to handle their accounts which I opt out of. It was embarrassing.
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Question 1
Very few unexpected questions or difficult. I found the people conducting the interview to be very awesome.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Rackspace Technology (Austin, TX) in May 2013
Interview
Step 1 was to submit resume to rackspace.com. After that I was contacted by a full time in house recruiter who was very friendly and qualified me for the position by asking 14 tech questions on the position.
After passing the "test" I was contacted by an HR person to schedule a 3 hour interview. This interview process involved six total "rackers", two at a time in back to back to back 1 hour interview sessions.
Hour one was lightly technical, heavy on personality filtering. Tests your arrogance, your ability to work on a team, your communication prowess. I was asked to tell them a dirty joke at the end, just to see how i'd react and what I would be willing to say in an interview situation!
Hour two was entirely technical - Everything from telnet to SAN layout using whiteboards to demonstrate.
Hour three involved meeting the prospective actual team lead & manager to see how the fit might be. Questions like "Do you get enjoyment out of completing 50 tasks in a shift or do you prefer to tackle very difficult projects that take many hours?" Resume was scrutinized, and questions about if hired, where I wanted to be within the company in 5 years type questions.
In the end I was made an offer and declined but the interview process was unique, positive and if the pay were better I would of been excited to accept.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Rackspace Technology in Dec 2012
Interview
Got an initial call with the company recruiter, asking what salary are you looking for and reviewing your resume. Asking if you are willing to relocate to San Antonio for the job. Ask you about 14 technical questions about Windows Technologies. If you pass this, then they will give you an offer to fly in for a face to face interview.