131 QUESTIONS
Kubernetes
Pods, scheduling, networking, and the control plane.
Open practice: Kubernetes
THE ENGINEERING PRACTICE ROOM
Explain the why.
Then show the how.
Work through the existing cloud-native question library. Make an argument, name the trade-offs and compare your approach with the supplied answer.
Choose a practice trackCHOOSE A TRACK
Build confidence one question at a time.
108 QUESTIONS
Docker
Images, layers, networking, and container internals.
Open practice: Docker
115 QUESTIONS
Terraform
State, plan/apply, modules, and drift.
Open practice: Terraform
148 QUESTIONS
AWS Architect
Solutions architecture, IAM, VPC, compute, and resilience.
Open practice: AWS Architect
118 QUESTIONS
Linux
Processes, signals, networking, and troubleshooting.
Open practice: Linux
105 QUESTIONS
GCP
Google Cloud architecture, networking, IAM, and SRE operations.
Open practice: GCP
49 QUESTIONS
Git
Branching, merging, rebasing, and recovery.
Open practice: Git
50 QUESTIONS
Helm
Charts, releases, hooks, and lifecycle management.
Open practice: Helm
46 QUESTIONS
Harness
Pipelines, CV, secrets, and multi-cloud deployments.
Open practice: Harness
18 QUESTIONS
Python
Concurrency, performance, async, and SRE tooling.
Open practice: Python
20 QUESTIONS
Go
Concurrency, memory model, runtime, and SRE tooling.
Open practice: Go
23 QUESTIONS
GitHub Actions
Workflows, actions, runners, and CI/CD automation.
Open practice: GitHub Actions
10 QUESTIONS
ArgoCD
GitOps, ApplicationSets, sync strategies, and multi-cluster.
Open practice: ArgoCD
10 QUESTIONS
Prometheus
Metrics collection, PromQL, alerting, and observability.
Open practice: Prometheus
9 QUESTIONS
Ansible
Playbooks, roles, automation, and configuration management.
Open practice: Ansible
9 QUESTIONS
HashiCorp Vault
Secrets management, encryption, PKI, and access control.
Open practice: HashiCorp Vault
10 QUESTIONS
Istio
Service mesh, traffic management, security, and observability.
Open practice: Istio
GO BEYOND RECALL
A useful answer has a structure.
- Mechanism. Explain what the system does and where the behavior comes from.
- Evidence. Name the first observation that would confirm or disprove your hypothesis.
- Trade-off. Describe the limits of your approach and what would change your decision.