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DevOps Engineer Interview Questions

Prepare for your DevOps Engineer interview. Understand the required skills and qualifications, anticipate the questions you may be asked, and study well-prepared answers using our sample responses.

Table of Contents
  1. What drew you to DevOps?
  2. What do you think is the biggest challenge facing DevOps engineers today?
  3. How have you approached that challenge?
  4. Do you have experience with automation tools for development, deployment, monitoring, and testing?
  5. Can you explain their value to our team?
  6. What do you consider the relationship between QA and DevOps?
  7. Can you explain its importance?
  8. How do you prioritize your work?
  9. Can you explain your reasoning?
  10. Can you tell me about a project you’ve worked on that involved multiple stakeholders?
  11. What did you learn from it?
  12. What do you think the most important aspect of communication is when it comes to being successful in the role?
  13. What do you think the biggest mistake that teams make when implementing DevOps practices is?
  14. What are your thoughts on automation as it relates to DevOps?
  15. Can you elaborate on why automation is important?
  16. What have you learned about data collection and analysis that could apply to our team?
  17. What do you consider to be the most important piece of documentation for a successful development project?
  18. How would you measure the success of your role?
  19. What do you think the future of IT is in regards to DevOps?
  20. Describe a time where you had to go above and beyond to help a team complete a project.
  21. How would you go about implementing a change to a production system?
  22. What challenges have you faced while implementing a new solution that you’ve learned from?
  23. Can you tell me about a project you’ve worked on where you’ve had to collaborate with other teams?
  24. What do you think are the most important lessons that DevOps engineers should learn?
  25. Explain how you’ve used metrics and analytics to improve a system.
  26. What frameworks have you used for automating deployments?
  27. How have you implemented Continuous Integration into a project?
  28. How do you stay up-to-date with changes in technology?
  29. If there was one advice you could give people about being a successful DevOps engineer, what would it be?