Devops Interview Questions

Restart the Server and go to the Event Logs to find the Error Code. Then check out the Error Code on Technet to find a solution.

Yes

Yea

Yes

I use Outlook for email, contacts, calendar, and tasks in the work environment, and I use OneNote to collect and search through important notes. With my smartphone I use Google's calendar, gmail, and search.

Choose carefully what you put your attention on and resist the urge to multitask. Choose your top 2 or 3 skill areas and focus on cultivating them. Tools like Outlook are not helpful for DevOps. Shut it off for long periods of time each day.

Trello for managing/limiting work in progress; focusing on one task at a time. Don't use email at all if you can help it. Use Slack for team communication as it links with Trello effectively. Keep all of your code in GitHub and commit+push often to track changes. Don't be someone responsible for releasing software; be someone who enables teams to release via services or automation you provide. Work hard to keep from being a bottleneck or gatekeeper of environments. Don't keep secrets or build silos of knowledge. The mindset you adopt will enable you to uplift others and enable better communication across your team and organization.

Meh. These questions always freak me out a little bit. I don't think it was considered seriously, instead looking for someone with a little bit of life in them. Typical programmer trap though - flying is a subset of teleportation :P

Be clever when responding. Whether it's the ability to fly, see into the future or leap over tall buildings in a single bound, you should always make a connection to your professional contributions. The superpower you choose need to relate back to an organization or how your skills would benefit others. For example, the ability to read someone's mind can help you create better solutions for a client.

Given the ambiguity of the problem I would first specifically ask for additional details that will help me determine what I need to do. First thing would be - is this happening on a server? If it is I'd need to gather hostname or IP. Afterwards I'd ask for some specifics as to what application or service is having a problem and if it is something custom built. If it is custom built then I would ask what the application is trying to do and at what point is failure happening? Hopefully the interviewer would provide additional details as to what exactly is broken what the application is and essentially answer all these questions

I would first wonder why there is not proper logging the developer cannot access to narrow down the issue. This would be a major action item from this issue. I would narrow down whether the issue is code, server, or networking. First thought is what changed recently and when was the last time it was working. Is the issue isolated or spans multiple items. Deduce the problem 1 thing at a time. But definitely drive change. Test driven development, proper logging/monitoring, and automate the human hands out of the picture.

I was not prepared to answer that question seeing as the job announcement was very geared towards sys admin and server management. I wasn't initially asked any questions based off the job requirements I had to initiate it

I'm sorry that you had a bad experience! We were definitely a little slow on that span of interviews - and for that I can only apologize. We are definitely working to improve our processes. As to the coding challenge - that was sometimes offered to candidates who seemed like they might be low in experience for the specific role we were seeking to fill, but with some potential for one of our developer roles. Good luck on any future endeavors!

I stared at him a bit then finished my coffee and left.

Sorry, but I think you got this question wrong in your interview. If you are interviewing for a consulting position, the answer to this is “yes.” If you are interviewing for a full time position, the answer to this is “no.”