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HCLTech Linux Administrator Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 19 Dec 2024

Top HCLTech Linux Administrator Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. How can I grant SFTP access exclusively to the user David?
  • Q2. How can a user be locked out after 6 unsuccessful password attempts for a duration of 30 minutes?
  • Q3. find / -type f -size 50k exec {} ls -lrth \;

HCLTech Linux Administrator Interview Experiences

8 interviews found

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
-

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How can I grant SFTP access exclusively to the user David?
  • Ans. 

    Grant SFTP access exclusively to user David

    • Create a new group specifically for David, e.g. 'davidgroup'

    • Set the ChrootDirectory in the SSH configuration file to restrict David's access to a specific directory

    • Add David to the 'davidgroup' and configure the necessary permissions for SFTP access

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. How can a user be locked out after 6 unsuccessful password attempts for a duration of 30 minutes?
  • Ans. 

    To lock a user out after 6 unsuccessful password attempts for 30 minutes, modify the PAM configuration file.

    • Edit the PAM configuration file (/etc/pam.d/common-auth) to include the 'pam_tally2' module.

    • Set the 'deny' option in the 'pam_tally2' module to lock the user out after 6 failed attempts.

    • Specify the 'unlock_time' option in the 'pam_tally2' module to set the duration of the lockout period to 30 minutes.

    • Example: aut

  • Answered by AI
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. File system utilization is 100%
  • Q2. Find / -type f -size 50k exec {} ls -lrth \;
  • Ans. 

    The command finds files larger than 50k in the root directory and lists them in reverse chronological order.

    • Use 'find' command to search for files in a directory

    • Specify the type of file with -type f

    • Filter files by size using -size 50k

    • Execute 'ls -lrth' on the found files using -exec {} ls -lrth \;

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What package you want
  • Ans. 

    I would like the package 'htop' for system monitoring and resource management.

    • htop is a popular interactive process viewer for Unix systems

    • It provides a more user-friendly and feature-rich alternative to the 'top' command

    • Useful for monitoring system resources, CPU usage, memory usage, and processes

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. When you will join

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Arithmetic and advanced

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Linux based questions
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical and hr
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Final round with hr asking questions
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. File system user Management
  • Q2. LVM NFS server FTP server SSH log server file system user Management DNS server troubleshooting network management
  • Q3. LVM FTP server DNS server
  • Q4. Samba server Web Apche server Managing Selinux Job Automation

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Linux umask value explain
  • Ans. 

    umask is a value in Linux that determines the default permissions for newly created files and directories.

    • umask value is subtracted from the maximum permissions to determine the default permissions for new files and directories.

    • Default umask value is usually 022, which means newly created files have permissions 644 and directories have permissions 755.

    • umask value can be changed using the umask command or by editing the

  • Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Properly align and format text in your resume. A recruiter will have to spend more time reading poorly aligned text, leading to high chances of rejection.
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Round 2 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Previously work experience
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Previously work experience
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Previously work

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Only focus you're main subject
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself

Linux Administrator Interview Questions & Answers

user image Satinder Thakur

posted on 15 Jun 2023

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Dec 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. About Job profile and ECTC
  • Q2. About job profile and notice period days
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Linux middle level, ansible ans some on vmware basic
  • Q2. Vm ware basic, Ansible middle level

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be positive and be confident in yourself

Interview questions from similar companies

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Jul 2020. There were 3 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

1 Question

  • Q1. I applied for Oracle Apps DBA . stick to the Basics and be confident while answering. If you don't know the answer then be honest and say no rather than bluffing or wrong answers.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - be confident and honest . communicate well.

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Sep 2020. There were 4 interview rounds.

Interview Questionnaire 

2 Questions

  • Q1. Being a Python developer I was asked mostly about pandas and numpy. Few ML concepts as well
  • Q2. Prepare well for basic data structures as well .

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Accenture Follows a test and then L1 followed by managerial round.
For accenture you really need a lot of patience as HR don't have co-ordination in between. every time new HR calls and schedules interview on some time. then either interview happens or not happens many times in both cases your track record gets missed and HR asks again to schedule.
So In my case I attended test and L1 twice then for managerial round it was also confusion and two different HR scheduled it.
I was not even sure about offer as accenture is a complete mess.
It's just two days since joined here but I regret being here as pathetic system, no communication, no email/call replies. no one cares about your joining and processes.

HCLTech Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in HCLTech Linux Administrator interview?
HCLTech interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the HCLTech interview process are Technical, HR and Resume Shortlist.
How to prepare for HCLTech Linux Administrator interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at HCLTech. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at HCLTech expect are Linux Administration, Linux, Redhat Linux, Linux System Administration and Python.
What are the top questions asked in HCLTech Linux Administrator interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the HCLTech Linux Administrator interview -

  1. How can I grant SFTP access exclusively to the user Dav...read more
  2. How can a user be locked out after 6 unsuccessful password attempts for a durat...read more
  3. find / -type f -size 50k exec {} ls -lrth...read more

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