DevOps Interview Experiences & Questions
5 real DevOps interviews from 5 companies: what each round covers, the exact questions, and who got the offer.
What to expect · DevOps
Based on 5 real interviews
DevOps interviews by company
The DevOps interview process
Most common round types: Debugging (1), Technical (1).
Real DevOps interview questions
- Why do you want to work at Yahoo?
- Log manipulation
- Why are you looking to leave your current company?
- Project Deep-Dive
- Go-based coding question
- How to design multi-tier network
- Linux Questions
- Kubernetes questions
- Hiring manager and team fitment round
- Tell me about yourself.
- Implement LRU Cache.
- What’s the difference between the Kubernetes control plane and data plane?
- Tell me about your work experience
- String Leetcode Easy
- About visa status and salary compensation
- What are your salary expectations?
- Design a distributed logging system.
- Implement Trie
- Questions about experience
- Design a notification system.
- HR culture fit questions
Latest DevOps interview experiences
“The process was fairly extensive and included a recruiter conversation, a hiring manager discussion, technical interviews, and additional conversations with engineers on the team. The technical…”
“The process included a few rounds and winded up quickly. Interviewers were very helpful. But they can be from different teams than they are actually hiring for.”
“The process was smooth and quite fast. The first round was linux basics and second was coding but in a debugging environment.”
“I'd prepared specific stories and could talk through Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and GitHub Actions from hands-on work. The harder part was the live coding portion, where I had to think…”
“It was overall good experience. Except you have 4 rounds continuously. What went well? Asking them solid questions and being able to come up with a working solution. What didn’t go well? Not…”
Frequently asked questions
How many rounds are in the DevOps interview?
Candidates report a typical 3 rounds, usually including a recruiter screen, online assessment, phone screen, technical round.
How hard is the DevOps interview?
Candidates rate it 3.6/5 on average (difficult), across 5 interviews.
How long does the DevOps hiring process take?
About 4 weeks from first contact to decision, based on reported timelines.
What percentage of DevOps candidates get an offer?
25% of candidates with a final result got an offer (1 of 4).
What does the DevOps interview focus on?
The most common round types are Debugging, Technical.