This guide draws on 2 first-hand interview accounts from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often a panel and technical interviews.
These 2 writeups cover operations, software engineering roles. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.
unknown. 1 round. Shared by lmickh on hn, 2016-04-29
1Onsite interviewsPanelA day of interviews across multiple teams at varying technical depths, including OpenStack production experience. Only eleven candidates in the region passed the initial tech pre-screen to reach this stage.Covered: OpenStack, Linux
Role not stated
Outcome not shared
unknown. 1 round. Shared by IgorPartola on hn, 2025-07-06
1Data structures interviewTechnicalDesign a distributed hash table cache from scratch with invalidation. Proposing off-the-shelf stores was poorly received.Covered: Distributed hash table, Caching, Cache invalidation, C
What Rackspace Technology is hiring for now
60 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $108k to $166k (median $132k, from 29 postings that state pay).
Most-posted roles
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What is the interview process like at Rackspace Technology?
This guide draws on 2 first-hand interview accounts from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often a panel and technical interviews.
What topics does Rackspace Technology test in interviews?
Commonly reported topics include OpenStack, Linux, Distributed hash table, Caching, Cache invalidation, C.
These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.