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"DevOps is a quickly growing space for tech companies. Employers hiring DevOps engineers are looking for candidates with strong programming abilities, a knowledge of re-engineering processes, and great communication skills to fast-track projects between IT professionals and software engineers. Expect to answer various technical questions that will evaluate your knowledge of tech tools and processes such as HTTP. Experience in software engineering or a related field is expected."

Top DevOps Engineer Interview Questions & How to Answer

Question 1

Question #1: What are the top DevOps tools, and which ones have you worked with before?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question is designed to showcase your knowledge and experience with a variety of available DevOps tools. Share any tools you have specific experience with and how you've used them to develop good quality software. If you have generalized knowledge of many tools, you can easily speak to how to use them. If you have limited experience with DevOps tools, you can share that you specialize in those tools and how you've used them.
Question 2

Question #2: What is the need for DevOps?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question allows you to demonstrate and communicate your knowledge of the advantages of using DevOps. This question also lets you share examples of companies who have used DevOps to achieve levels of performance that far exceeded expectations. You can attest to the benefits of DevOps and how these companies need it to continue to expand.
Question 3

Question #3: What are the most important things that DevOps help achieve?

How to answer
How to answer: This open-ended question is used to understand your perception of what is important when it comes to DevOps. Share the positive effects of DevOps and its relation to customer satisfaction, clearer communication, and better collaboration. When possible, share examples from your previous experience that demonstrate these important aspects of DevOps.

13,172 devops engineer interview questions shared by candidates

I ended up going through a broken testing process, twice, via hackerrank. The first time, the test instance did not come up, it sat there spinning for 7-10 min. When I hit the link to re-launch it, it deducted the 'broken instance' time from my test time of 60 minutes, which was a really junk experience. Since that one was broken, they wanted me to do another take home, at which point I should have refused. I'm looking for a job yes, but no I dont wanna take your broken tests. Skillz didnt really take responsibility for the broken tests, instead blamed it on hackerrank. Hindsight knowledge, i would have cancelled the interview process right then and there. On-Site: First interview was pretty fleshed out system design interview, whiteboarded. The rest were a combo of panels asking about projects and other personality grading.
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Devops Engineer

Interviewed at Skillz

3★
May 26, 2019

I ended up going through a broken testing process, twice, via hackerrank. The first time, the test instance did not come up, it sat there spinning for 7-10 min. When I hit the link to re-launch it, it deducted the 'broken instance' time from my test time of 60 minutes, which was a really junk experience. Since that one was broken, they wanted me to do another take home, at which point I should have refused. I'm looking for a job yes, but no I dont wanna take your broken tests. Skillz didnt really take responsibility for the broken tests, instead blamed it on hackerrank. Hindsight knowledge, i would have cancelled the interview process right then and there. On-Site: First interview was pretty fleshed out system design interview, whiteboarded. The rest were a combo of panels asking about projects and other personality grading.

Write a function that checks if a word is the same spelled forwards as it is backwards. (you're welcome) What happens when you write a file in a Linux OS? (all the details you can possibly think of) You'll get questions on issues that you NEVER encountered, nothing obvious just the 1% of issues that happen in any environment.
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Devops Engineer

Interviewed at Alcumus

Nov 3, 2025

Write a function that checks if a word is the same spelled forwards as it is backwards. (you're welcome) What happens when you write a file in a Linux OS? (all the details you can possibly think of) You'll get questions on issues that you NEVER encountered, nothing obvious just the 1% of issues that happen in any environment.

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