Think of a long, drawn-out "Apprentice" process, put into play by people who think they know more about how to hire than they really do.

Add in a soupçon of massive ego, a Silicon Valley flair, and a "hey, we are Google, so we must be smart/know what we are doing" attitude.

And yes, this is what you have.

The one positive I can point out from this entire process is that I got a water bottle from it. Not even a good one.

Basic Linux Internals: What does SIGTERM do versus SIGKILL? What is an inode? What factors go into user load?

Here is a system we built, and it has this random problem. Diagnose and fix it.