Distro Intern Interview Questions

General Internship Questions

• What do you know about Free Geek?

• Did you get a chance to look over the internship description? Do you have any questions about it?

• What interested you most about this particular internship?

• Why do you want to intern with us?

• How does an internship at Free Geek fit into your career goals?

• What do you want to achieve here?

• What specific skills would you like to pick up while interning here?

• What would your last supervisor say your strengths are? What would s/he say your areas for improvement are?

• Do you work best by yourself or with other people around?

• Are there any skills or achievements that you'd like to share with us?

• Have you ever worked with a volunteer run, grassroots organization? What did you learn about how to actually accomplish things in this environment?

• Do you have any questions for me?

* What is your availability? Can you commit for the length of the internship? (Remind them that the position starts in January.)

• (If the interviewee is completing the internship for school credit or other organization's program) What sort of paperwork should I expect to fill out?

Distro Specific Questions

* What is your experience with computers? Hardware? Software?

• What is your previous experience with software testing?

• Have you ever come across a bug in a program? What did you do about it?

• What kind of experience do you have in writing documentation, formal or informal? (Published, forums, e-mail, etc.)

• What is your experience with Linux, and what interests you about it? Which distributions have you worked with?

• What do you know about the philosophy of Free and Open Source software?

• What kind of experience do you have working in a collaborative team environment?

• What kind of experience do you have working with people who are less able with IT than you? What lessons did you learn from this experience?