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DevOps interview questions

At DevSkiller we have a team of specialists who specialize in creating DevOps interview questions for recruiting new DevOps engineers. Through a series of online challenges and questions, we help recruiters looking to hire junior, middle, and senior-level DevOps developers.

Our DevOps interview questions implement RealLifeTesting™.  We offer recruiters unique insight into every candidate’s skills, using a testing methodology that uses real-world tasks to assess applicants. Thanks to DevSkiller and our DevOps interview questions, your search for a new DevOps engineer just got a lot easier.

terraform
SENIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
77 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di CLI, DevOps, SysOps, Terraform, Azure

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Terraform

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Difficile

DevOps | Terraform, Azure | Application Gateway - You've been asked to securely expose an existing resource to the Internet - after some deliberation the team decided to use Azure Application Gateway.

Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer with some built in Application Firewall capabilities.

Kubernetes
SENIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
102 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Kubernetes

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Kubernetes, YAML

DevOps task - Level: Hard

DevOps | Kubernetes | CRD and API - Create Custom Resource Definition to interact with Kubernetes API.

azure
SENIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
89 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di Pensiero logico, Sequenza, Competenze trasversali, CLI, DevOps, SysOps, Terraform, AMI, AWS, EBS, EC2, EIP

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Terraform

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Difficile

DevOps | Terraform, Azure | AKS Json - Use Terraform azurerm provider to create json configuration of AKS cluster.

terraform
JUNIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
69 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Terraform, AWS

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Terraform, AWS

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Facile

DevOps | Terraform, AWS | Create the EC2 instance using specific AMI - Create the EC2 instance using specific AMI in a default VPC with SSH access, using Terraform and AWS provider.

terraform
JUNIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
47 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Terraform

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Terraform

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Facile

DevOps | Terraform, Azure | App Service - Use Terraform azurerm provider to provision app service

azure
MEDIO
Competenze testate
Durata
78 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di CLI, DevOps, SysOps, Terraform, Azure

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di Terraform

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Medio

DevOps | Terraform, Azure | VMSS - Use Terraform azurerm provider to provison VMSS with single outbound IP

terraform
MEDIO
Competenze testate
Durata
66 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di CLI, DevOps, SysOps, Terraform, AMI, AWS, EBS, EC2, EIP, Debug, Troubleshooting, Azure

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di Terraform

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Medio

DevOps | Terraform, Azure | PaaS Resources - Use Terraform azurerm provider to provision docker registry, app service and expose the app via dns

Terraform
JUNIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
68 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di CLI, DevOps, SysOps, Terraform

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di Terraform

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Facile

DevOps | Terraform | GCP Provider - Using Terraform and GCP provider please create a compute instance, create and attach disk, configure ssh and apply firewall rules.

Docker
JUNIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
20 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di Bash, Linux

DevOps task - Level: Easy

DevOps | Ubuntu | Persistent storage for dockerized application - The purpose of this task is to check if a candidate knows how to create and use Docker volumes.

Docker
JUNIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
20 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di Bash, Linux

DevOps task - Level: Easy

DevOps | CentOs | Persistent storage for dockerized application - The purpose of this task is to check if a candidate knows how to create and use Docker volumes.

Terraform
MEDIO
Competenze testate
Durata
98 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Lacune nel codice

valutare la conoscenza di AWS, DevOps, Terraform

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Medio

DevOps | Terraform, AWS | Creating a small AWS environment - Using Terraform and AWS provider please create EC2 instance with specific type, AMI, EIP and EBS attached.

Ubuntu
SENIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
60 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

DevOps task - Level: Hard

DevOps | Ubuntu | Ansible Dynamic Inventory plugin - The purpose of this task is to check Ansible plugin writing skills (advanced Ansible skill). To complete this task, candidate must know some programming language.

CentOs
SENIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
60 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

DevOps task - Level: Hard

DevOps | CentOs | Ansible Dynamic Inventory plugin - The purpose of this task is to check Ansible plugin writing skills (advanced Ansible skill). To complete this task, candidate must know some programming language.

DevOps
SENIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
66 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Docker

DevOps task - Level: Hard

DevOps | Master of Disaster Recovery (CentOS) - Recover data from broken MariaDB/MySQL database.

DevOps
SENIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
66 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di DevOps, Docker

DevOps task - Level: Hard

DevOps | Master of Disaster Recovery (Ubuntu) - Recover data from broken MariaDB/MySQL database.

DevOps
MEDIO
Competenze testate
Durata
45 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di Bash, Linux, DevOps, Docker

DevOps task - Level: Medium

DevOps | Filesystem troubles (CentOS) - This task tests candidate's familiarity with basic concepts of Linux/Unix filesystems, like inodes and tests his/her ability to use command line tools like: find, df, lsof, rm, mount, kill to debug problems with the filesystem.

Linux
MEDIO
Competenze testate
Durata
47 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di Bash, Linux, DevOps

DevOps task - Level: Medium

DevOps | Filesystem troubles (Ubuntu) - This task tests candidate's familiarity with basic concepts of Linux/Unix filesystems, like inodes and tests his/her ability to use command line tools like: find, df, lsof, rm, mount, kill to debug problems with the filesystem.

Sicurezza
JUNIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
70 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di Sicurezza, DevOps, Docker

Compito di verifica - Livello: Facile

Security | SQL Injection | eCommerce website e-mail leak - Find a SQL Injection leak in the web application

DevOps
MEDIO
Competenze testate
Durata
70 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di Bash, Linux, Docker

DevOps task - Level: Medium

Docker Configuration and Operations (Ubuntu) - Install and configure the Docker Engine on a test server.

Sicurezza
JUNIOR
Competenze testate
Durata
70 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

valutare la conoscenza di Sicurezza

DevOps task - Level: Easy

Security | SQL Injection | eCommerce website e-mail leak - Find a SQL Injection leak in the web application

Jenkins
MEDIO
Competenze testate
Durata
68 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Attività di programmazione - Livello: Medio

Jenkins | Job DSL | Job Configuration - Complete Jenkins configurations with Jenkins Job DSL.

Lacune nel codice

verifying the most esstential skills in Jenkins.

Linux
MEDIO
Competenze testate
Durata
77 minuti al massimo.
Valutazione
Automatico
Panoramica del test

Domande a scelta

assessing knowledge of Bash argument expansion, determining free space, Linux namespaces, DNS SOA records, Linux IO streams, and CIDR broadcast calculation

Lacune nel codice

evaluates candidate's familiarity of Shell utilities, GNU/Linux networking

DevOps task

LAMP stack setup (CentOS)

Recommended roles for DevOps interview questions

  • DevOps engineer
  • Senior DevOps engineer
  • DevOps solution specialist
  • Sysops engineer

How our DevOps interview questions work

The RealLifeTesting™ methodology is integral to all our DevSkiller developer testing. It allows recruiters to set their applicants’ tasks based on the real work they do every day. Meaning recruiters can accurately measure the quality of the candidate’s coding, their ability to problem-solve, and their time management. There can be no hiding away. The best candidates will be the ones who progress.

Key features of our DevOps coding tests

  • Test candidate’s coding skills and not just their academic knowledge
  • Option to monitor candidates in real-time, anywhere in the world
  • RealLifeTesting™ offers a unique test experience where users can opt to work on their own IDE and clone to Git, run unit tests, and access resources like Stack Overflow/GitHub/Google for research
  • Strict anti-plagiarism procedures implemented
  • Automated results that are simple to understand
  • DevOps online tests available for all levels of seniority

Skills covered in our DevOps interview questions

  • Ansible
  • DevOps
  • Linux
  • Pitone
  • Scripting
  • Ubuntu
  • CentOS
  • Docker
  • MariaDB
  • MySQL
  • SQL
  • Bash
  • SHELL
  • System Administration
  • Penetration Testing
  • Sicurezza
  • XSS
  • CI/CD
  • Gradle
  • Jenkins
  • Job-DSL
  • Networking
  • burattino

What to look for in a DevOps engineer

A DevOps engineer’s role is to support agile software development. The position was created to bridge the gap between a traditional software developer and an operations engineer. It can also be referred to as SysOps or SRE. Screening DevOps engineers is often tailored specifically to the exact skills the employer is looking for. There is no standard set of required DevOps skills, but some of the following will be helpful.

A DevOps engineer needs to possess the soft skills required to be able to collaborate effectively with the rest of the DevOps team. They might also possess knowledge of a number of technologies, ideally, in those your business already uses. It will be a positive if they possess the skills to configure many systems using automation tools.

A DevOps engineer also needs to know their way around tools and scripts to be able to solve any issues that crop up along the way. Depending on the specifics of the position for which you are recruiting, security management testing skills can also be important to look for as well.

Our Devskiller DevOps interview questions will be able to help assess an engineer’s configuration management skills, as well as assessing ability in writing configuration management code.

Build your own custom DevOps interview questions

There’s more! With our online task wizard, you can create your very own custom tests tailored to your specifications. Define the technologies and types of language you assess, the type of questions you ask, and even the duration of individual questions. Best of all tests are accessed remotely, meaning you can send test invitations to candidates anywhere in the world. Recruiting is easy with DevSkiller and our DevOps interview questions.

Want proof that our DevOps interview questions work?

It might be that you’re interested in our DevOps interview questions but would like a little assurance. That’s completely understandable. Check out the following case study of one of our satisfied clients:

Criteo:

Criteo is a commerce marketing company that is one of the global leaders in its field. The company has advertising campaigns targeting businesses across the retail, travel, and education sectors.

Previously when it came to recruitment, Criteo undertook a huge amount of interviews. Candidates were asked to complete a case-study at home, but there was no way of knowing where the candidate had gained the information. It was also very difficult to keep track of the progress of each candidate. This all led to huge delays in the company’s hiring process and inconsistencies across the company’s 15 sites. They turned to DevSkiller.

Using DevSkiller, Criteo hires for approximately 100 technical positions, across 15 sites each year and the company now has one consistent recruitment method in place globally across all of their sites.

DevSkiller automated Criteo’s recruitment process and helped the company to cut down on the number of interviews. We also helped to filter out the less-qualified candidates meaning that Criteo now interviews an average of only 3.5 candidates for every one person hired.

Our system is automated, meaning several candidates can still be assessed for each role, but these are filtered out automatically, leaving only the most qualified left to be interviewed. Thanks to DevSkiller Criteo hires around 100 new employees each year and saves between 2-4 days on each hire.

Julien Gauthiez - Responsabile acquisizione talenti EMEA presso Criteo

“Per every hire, we’ve saved on average 2 to 4 days which is significant given that we hire 100 people using DevSkiller every year. We’ve certainly improved the conversion rate between the first and second interview with fewer candidates dropping at test stage and hiring managers interviewing with the most skilled candidates,”

Domande frequenti

Quanto tempo ci vuole per configurare DevSkiller?

From start to finish, DevSkiller testing will quicken up your current recruitment process. Testing can be undertaken remotely to save time on in-house interviews. It is also remarkably easy to set up our DevOps interview questions. Our experts have prepared an extensive catalog of tests that only need to be sent out via email. Just set-up your account and begin testing candidates straight away.

Devo essere un programmatore per usare DevSkiller?

Our team has done the hard work so you don’t need to. Devskiller is as simple and automated as possible to allow anyone to be able to use it, regardless of their technical capabilities. We have a range of ready-to-use DevOps tests designed to allow users to verify the technical skills of even the most senior of candidates. If you are technically adept, then you can prepare your own custom tests from scratch.

Cosa pensano i candidati dei test DevSkiller?

The feedback we receive from developer candidates is very positive. Developers are often tested in ways that don’t necessarily reflect their actual development skills. This is not the case with our DevOps interview questions. Developers appreciate the structure of Devskiller tests and that our unique approach using RealLifeTesting™, allows them to really show what they can do.

Instead of having to remember coding patterns and algorithms they probably haven’t needed in years, developers are asked to implement normal coding tools and conventions the likes of which they encounter everyday in their work. This makes the whole testing process much more natural for the candidate and means the results you see are much closer to how the candidate will actually perform in the role.