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## How to prepare for an DevOps interview?
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Note: the following suggestions are opinionated
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### Coding
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Some (if not most) DevOps interviews include coding tasks/questions. Be prepared for those by doing actual coding before the interview.
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Also, when given the chance to choose any language, choose the one you have experience with and not the one the company is using or you think it's using.
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### Prepare by answering interview questions
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Make a sample list of interview questions on different topics: technical, company, role, ... and try to answer them. See if you can manage answering them in a fluent, detailed way.
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### Know your resume
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It may sounds strange but the idea here is simple: be ready to answer any question regarding any line you included in your resume.
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Sometimes candidates surprised when they are asked on a skill or line which seems to be not related to the position but the simple truth is: if you mentioned something on your resume, it's only fair to ask you about it.
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### Know the company
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Be familiar with the company you are interviewing at. Some ideas:
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* What the company does
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* What products it has
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* Major achievements
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### Books
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From my experience this is not done by many candidates but it's one of the best ways to deep dive into topics like operating system, virtualization, scale, distributed systems, ...
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