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Top 50 Automation Interview Questions

The most frequently asked Automation questions across all roles and companies, ranked by real interview frequency. Updated daily.

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CodingStart here. 36 questions · ~763 min
Parse Logs for Top OffendersMedium
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Parse access logs, count failed requests by IP, and return the top 10 using aggregation and deterministic sorting.

aggregationlog parsingData StructuresU-LineTikTok
Validate Test Lifecycle SequenceMedium
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Validate a lifecycle event stream using state tracking and a stack-like defect counter.

TestingAutomationFrameworksAccenture
Validate Nested API Payload BracketsEasy
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Use a stack to validate whether a payload string has balanced and properly nested brackets in linear time.

TestingAutomationFrameworksAccenture
Parse Test Results SummaryMedium
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Parse JSON test result strings and count pass/fail/skip outcomes while collecting unique failed test names.

functionsAutomationpythonApple
Summarize Error Frequencies from LogsEasy
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Parse JSON log lines, count error message frequencies with a hash table, and return sorted summaries.

StringsData StructuresAutomationApple
Parsing Logs With PythonMedium
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Parse log lines into tokens and count selected error codes using a hash map.

aggregationCodingData ManipulationMastercard
Automate Incident Data CollectionHard
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Merge read-only Docker container incident streams fairly, deduplicate events, and enforce a collection limit.

deduplicationContainersdockerGoogle Cloud
Shell Script for Log CleanupMedium
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Generate a Bash log-cleanup script using functions and loops, with support for dry-run mode and safe file checks.

shell scriptingAutomationlinuxInfosys
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SQL & Data Manipulation4 questions · ~85 min
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Pipelines5 questions · ~106 min
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Behavioral & Leadership3 questions · ~64 min
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