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Top 50 DevOps Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 11 questions · ~275 min
IaaS vs PaaS vs SaaSMedium
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Build an ordered responsibility matrix that distinguishes customer and provider ownership across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

CodingabstractionDevOpsGGlobal Insight SolutionsAccenture Federal Services2nd Watch
Key Components of Secure Cloud ArchitectureMedium
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Validate required cloud security components and dependency ordering using graph traversal and topological sorting.

CodingDevOpsSecurityCloud Security ServicesAccenture Federal Services
DevOps and Coding Technical FitMedium
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Process chronological deployment events to measure each customer's longest failure streak and successful recovery.

CodingArraysDevOpsMicrosoft
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bash7 questions · ~175 min
Linux File OperationsEasy
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Generate safe Linux cp or mv commands for files and directories, including recursive copying and shell-safe path quoting.

bashCodingDevOpsFord Motor
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Hash Tables4 questions · ~100 min
System Runs Out of InodesMedium
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Simulate file creation and deletion to identify failures caused by inode exhaustion.

Hash TablesArraysDevOpsAmazon Services
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best practices6 questions · ~150 min
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More topics22 questions · ~550 min
Compress Consecutive CharactersEasy
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Traverse a string once and compress consecutive repeated characters into character-count groups.

Basic AlgorithmsArraysStringsAutodeskBasis Technologies
Monitor and Alert on ThresholdsMedium
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Generate alerts when resource samples cross configured thresholds, including recovery and repeated threshold breaches.

monitoringalertingDevOpsDatadogUUpsun
Process States, Signals, Load AverageHard
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Aggregate process states, pending signals, and load averages to identify CPU saturation, blocked I/O, signal pressure, and rising load.

aggregationStackSearchingAmazon Services
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