phone screen -
1. basic string question (make sure to handle all corner cases and null pointer checks if writing in 'C')
2. Basic concepts of Distributed systems and discussion on how to build a fault tolerant distributed metastore

Onsite:
1. Distributed systems, Linux Kernel programming concepts, implementing hashtables and LRU caches, C specific questions like writing a strcompare etc.

Make sure you know in-depth about the projects listed in your resume, strong C/C++ programming skills a big plus, good understanding of Operating system concepts like process/threads/paging/synchronizations, Distributed system concepts like CAP theorem, fault tolerance, failure detectors, leader elections and be able to apply these concepts in designing a system.

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phone screen - 
1. basic string question (make sure to handle all corner cases and null pointer checks if writing in 'C')
2. Basic concepts of Distributed systems and discussion on how to build a fault tolerant distributed metastore

Onsite:
1. Distributed systems, Linux Kernel programming concepts, implementing hashtables and LRU caches, C specific questions like writing a strcompare etc.

Make sure you know in-depth about the projects listed in your resume, strong C/C++ programming skills a big plus, good understanding of Operating system concepts like process/threads/paging/synchronizations, Distributed system concepts like CAP theorem, fault tolerance, failure detectors, leader elections and be able to apply these concepts in designing a system.

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