This page is a complete collection of Kubernetes interview questions gathered from real DevOps, SRE, and Cloud Engineer interviews — at startups, enterprises, and everything in between. Kubernetes interviews today go far beyond “explain a Pod.” Interviewers want to see how you actually operate a cluster under real conditions — debugging a CrashLoopBackOff with no […]
Terraform Definition:Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool that lets you define, provision, and manage infrastructure using declarative configuration files. What is Terraform? Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool developed by HashiCorp that allows you to define, provision, and manage infrastructure using human-readable configuration files. It is widely used in
Q.6) What is a Terraform provider, and how does it facilitate interactions with different infrastructure platforms? A terraform provider is a plugin that enables Terraform to interact with external infrastructure platforms, cloud providers and services such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes etc. Providers act as the communication layer between Terraform’s configuration and the platform’s underlying
If you’re planning to take the CKAD exam (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer), finding the right CKAD exam preparation resources can make all the difference. When I first started my CKAD journey, I quickly realized that there’s no shortage of materials online — but not all of them are structured or reliable. In this post, I’ve
⚙️ System Monitoringuptime → Check system uptimefree -h → View memory usagedf -h → Check disk spacetop → Real-time process monitoringjournalctl -xe → View detailed system logs 🔁 Service Managementsudo systemctl status nginx → Check NGINX service statussudo systemctl restart nginx → Restart NGINX 📂 File & Directory Operationscd /var/log → Navigate to log directorycd
Below is a curated list of real candidate experiences, shared directly via LinkedIn. A big thank you to everyone who contributed their real DevOps interview experience and questions and provided valuable insights. LinkedIn post links are included for reference. This page is intended to support the community—especially those preparing for DevOps/SRE/Cloud &Data Engineering related interviews
Having conducted many DevOps interviews, let me share what really matters when it comes to Kubernetes questions. ✅ 1) What happens if your Kubernetes resource definition is accidentally deleted?👉Answer: Kubernetes loses track of the resource. On next deployment, it attempts to recreate everything, causing duplicates or failures. Recovery may require manual intervention or restoring from
Desired State of Apps in K8S Kubernetes likes to manage application declaratively. This is a pattern where you describe what you want in a set of YAML files, post them to K8S and sit back while it happens. K8S watches it and makes sure it doesn’t stray from what you asked for. You can pass
Scenario Based Interview Questions 1. Troubleshooting Services:* 💡• Scenario : Your application is running on an Apache web server, but the website is not accessible. What steps would you take to identify and resolve the issue? 2. Disk Space Management* :💡• *Scenario* : You receive an alert that a production server is running low on
Below is a curated list of real candidate experiences, shared directly via LinkedIn. A big thank you to everyone who contributed their real DevOps interview experience and questions and provided valuable insights. LinkedIn post links are included for reference. This page is intended to support the community—especially those preparing for DevOps/SRE/Cloud &Data Engineering related interviews