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Top 50 microservices Interview Questions

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

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CodingStart here. 5 questions · ~44 min

Detect Circular DependenciesMedium

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Detect a directed circular dependency among IDFC FIRST Bank microservices using DFS with three-state graph traversal.

Shortest Dependency Path in MicroservicesEasy

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Use BFS to find the shortest directed dependency path between two SAP BTP microservices.

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SAP

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Pipelines3 questions · ~26 min

Consistency Across Service PipelinesMedium

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Approach for keeping pipeline outputs consistent when multiple microservices publish overlapping, delayed, or duplicate data.

system designdata consistencymicroservicesDDKV Mobility

Genesys

Apexon

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Execution4 questions · ~35 min

Design CI/CD for MicroservicesMedium

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Design a CI/CD pipeline for a microservices architecture, including release controls, rollback strategy, and delivery risk management.

pipeline designCI/CDmicroservicesLLocus

Santander Consumer UsaZZensar

Plan a Multi-Service API GatewayMedium

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Define how you would execute an API gateway rollout that centralizes auth, rate limiting, and routing without disrupting existing services.

rate limitingapi gatewayrequest routing

Toyota

NantHealth

Rent The Runway

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Behavioral & Leadership6 questions · ~53 min

Explaining APIs to Business LeadersMedium

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Tests communication, influence, and stakeholder management when translating technical architecture concepts for non-technical decision-makers.

APIsCommunicationmicroservices

Plaid

Rapid

Prudential

Leading a Monolith-to-Microservices MigrationMedium

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Tests ownership and stakeholder management in a complex migration, especially prioritization, risk control, and leading through ambiguity.

refactoringmigration strategymicroservices

Ntt Data Europe & Latam

MojoTech

Stanley Martin Homes

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System Design25 questions · ~219 min

Data Consistency in MicroservicesHard

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Tests your consistency strategy across services, including transactions and eventual consistency.

distributed systemsconsistencymicroservices

Experian Health

Brex

Fundbox

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Security & Infrastructure5 questions · ~44 min

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