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Interview Questions for Site Reliability Engineer
What experience do you have with systems engineering and administration in a Linux environment?
How do you communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders?
Tell me about a time you were involved in incident management and root cause analysis.
Tell me about a time when you faced a technical challenge and how you overcame it.
What strategies do you use to monitor and analyze system performance?
How do you approach debugging and problem-solving?
Describe a time when you collaborated with development teams to improve the operability and security of systems.
Explain your experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
What strategies do you use to identify and mitigate potential performance bottlenecks?
What programming languages are you proficient in?
Tell me about a time when you had to deal with conflicting priorities and how you resolved them.
How do you approach improving automation for deployment, scaling, and operations processes?
Explain your knowledge of network theory and its relevance in a SRE role.
Have you worked with any cloud services? If so, which ones and how did you deploy them?
Tell me about a time when you had to coordinate with multiple teams to resolve a technical issue.
Describe your experience with distributed version control systems.
What experience do you have with capacity planning and performance analysis?
Have you designed and implemented software to improve the availability, scalability, and efficiency of services? If so, provide an example.
Have you worked on a project that required migrating systems to a different infrastructure? If so, how did you approach it?
Describe your approach to documenting processes and procedures.
What steps do you take to ensure the smooth operation of services during major deployments/updates?
How do you ensure the security and integrity of systems in a distributed environment?
How do you prioritize tasks and manage your time effectively?
Have you ever had to work under tight deadlines in a high-pressure environment? How did you handle it?
Have you participated in an on-call rotation and troubleshooted production issues? If so, how did you handle it?
Give an example of a project where you used a configuration management tool.
How do you stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies in the SRE field?
How do you handle stress and pressure in a demanding work environment?
Describe a situation where you had to make a difficult decision related to system reliability and how you handled it.
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