Junior DevOps Engineer Interview Prep
0-2 years experience ~2 hours 8 Topics
Checklist covers Linux, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code and Cloud
Companies: Razorpay, Swiggy, Stripe, Datadog
What You'll Learn
Before You Read This
You are 0-2 years into a DevOps career. You have built a pipeline, run Docker containers and touched a Kubernetes cluster.
Tier 1 - Fundamentals Checklist
Linux What is the difference between a process and a thread? How do you find which process is using port 8080?
Tier 2 - Real Interview Questions (Q1-Q15)
You SSH into a production server and the disk is at 99%. What do you do?
Tier 2 - Real Interview Questions (Q16-Q30)
After a deploy, the app cannot reach its database. What do you investigate? Work through the path from the app to the database, one layer at a time.
Tier 3 - Scenario Round
Scenario 1: Production is Down at 11 PM The Prompt You are on call.
Behavioral Round
Tell me about a project you are proud of. Pick something real, even a home lab or a small pipeline.
Quick Reference
Practice labs (run these in a sandbox) Start a container with a bad command and diagnose the exit code from docker logs and docker inspect.
Salary Reference
These are approximate market ranges, and they vary by city, company and whether you count fixed pay or total compensation.
Skills You'll Master
Curriculum Index8 topics
Before You Read This
You are 0-2 years into a DevOps career. You have built a pipeline, run Docker containers and touched a Kubernetes...
Tier 1 - Fundamentals Checklist
Linux What is the difference between a process and a thread? How do you find which process is using port 8080?
Tier 2 - Real Interview Questions (Q1-Q15)
You SSH into a production server and the disk is at 99%. What do you do?
Tier 2 - Real Interview Questions (Q16-Q30)
After a deploy, the app cannot reach its database. What do you investigate?
Tier 3 - Scenario Round
Scenario 1: Production is Down at 11 PM The Prompt You are on call.
Behavioral Round
Tell me about a project you are proud of. Pick something real, even a home lab or a small pipeline.
Quick Reference
Practice labs (run these in a sandbox) Start a container with a bad command and diagnose the exit code from docker logs...
Salary Reference
These are approximate market ranges, and they vary by city, company and whether you count fixed pay or total...
Career Impact
Roles this pack prepares you to interview for.
- High Demand
DevOps Engineer
Rs 6L - Rs 14L a year
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Practice on the Coding Sheet
Not a software engineer sheet. Every problem comes from real DevOps, SRE, Platform and Cloud interviews, from your first script to a system you build yourself.
Open the Coding SheetFrequently Asked Questions
No. They are realistic interview-style questions built from common junior DevOps job responsibilities and public certification objectives. Company names show where this kind of role is hired, not where each question was asked.
Candidates with 0-2 years of experience applying for DevOps Engineer, DevOps Associate or Infrastructure Engineer roles. It assumes you have run containers and seen a Kubernetes cluster.
About 2 hours to read everything carefully, plus extra time if you run the practice labs. Most people spread it over two or three sessions.
No. Interviewers probe your reasoning, so learn the decision process behind each answer. Run every command in a safe sandbox before you quote it.