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      Devops I Interview

      Dec 20, 2017
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Allen Institute (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2017

      Interview

      (I actually interviewed for the Cell Science division). Overall it was a good process. Had the initial HR chat, then a phone interview, then an onsite. Phone interview had some basic Linux troubleshooting questions and also a question about choosing a database. The onsite included a 1hr presentation about myself and my work, 2 coding interviews (1hr each), an hour for lunch, and the last interview mixed system design and Linux questions. It was overall a good experience. Everyone was friendly, they have a gorgeous building, and I got to tour one of the labs. The whole process took about 2 or 3 weeks. It probably would have been faster if I didn't have scheduling conflicts.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Build a system that's going to store a ton of huge images. ( Think Instagram)
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      Question 2

      Given a target value and a list of numbers: - Check each pair of numbers, if they add up to the target value return the pair of numbers - Do this with a function
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      Question 3

      What is DevOps, my experience with CI/CD, my experience with testing code, what do you do when a production rollout breaks, how to troubleshoot a job that's not running, etc..
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