Site Reliability Engineer Interview Questions

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List specific files in the Linux file system involved with OS hardening. Basic Linux/network commands, troubleshooting, and some customer service questions (handling/prioritizing multiple outages). Discuss technologies in the job description. How you manage your work. Both Google and Amazon interviews are more technically in-depth and generally more difficult.
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Site Reliability Technical Analyst (McLean)

Interviewed at Palantir Technologies

3.7
Apr 23, 2013

List specific files in the Linux file system involved with OS hardening. Basic Linux/network commands, troubleshooting, and some customer service questions (handling/prioritizing multiple outages). Discuss technologies in the job description. How you manage your work. Both Google and Amazon interviews are more technically in-depth and generally more difficult.

1st round: Monjin test with a freelancer interviewer. Python: write the code for a list depicting insertion deletion and traversal Jenkin: Super basic questions on jenkin Kubernetes: super basic questions in kubernetes Second round: Profile screening round with CTO. Questions on your current role, descision making capabilities and sharing about the client work and their requirements.(without sharing the client name) Third round: Tech round with client: Python code for Log management using Regex and pattern matching.
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Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Interviewed at Augment (WI)

4.8
Jul 23, 2024

1st round: Monjin test with a freelancer interviewer. Python: write the code for a list depicting insertion deletion and traversal Jenkin: Super basic questions on jenkin Kubernetes: super basic questions in kubernetes Second round: Profile screening round with CTO. Questions on your current role, descision making capabilities and sharing about the client work and their requirements.(without sharing the client name) Third round: Tech round with client: Python code for Log management using Regex and pattern matching.

They asked about my previous company’s process, how we managed DevOps tools, and some basic Linux commands. They also covered cloud environment questions related to Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor/Insights, and EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) focusing on how I handled deployments, monitoring, and incident response in those environments.
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Cloud Site Reliability Engineer II

Interviewed at Zafin

3.8
Apr 15, 2025

They asked about my previous company’s process, how we managed DevOps tools, and some basic Linux commands. They also covered cloud environment questions related to Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor/Insights, and EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) focusing on how I handled deployments, monitoring, and incident response in those environments.

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