DevOps Consultant Interview Questions and Answers: Insights from Experience Recently, Someone had the opportunity to interview for a DevOps Consultant role. The session lasted 45 minutes and covered various aspects of my 3-year experience, tools, technologies, and best practices. Here’s how I tackled the questions: 1. Walk me through your profile? I highlighted my journey from the basics of DevOps to working on advanced tools and technologies. I emphasized: My hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines. Proficiency in tools like Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and Prometheus. Key projects, challenges faced, and my contributions to optimizing DevOps processes. 2. What are the tools and technologies you have worked on? I listed the tools with context: CI/CD : Jenkins, GitHub Actions. Containerization : Docker, Kubernetes, Helm. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Terraform, CloudFormation. Monitoring : Prometheus, Grafana, Loki. Security : SonarQube, Trivy for image...
Shell Data Analyst Interview Experience: CTC - 18 LPA Shell’s Data Analyst role demands strong SQL, Python, and Power BI skills alongside the ability to align technical insights with business strategy. Below, I’ve shared the questions asked during my interview process and how I would have answered them. SQL Questions 1️⃣ Write a query to calculate the cumulative revenue per customer for each month in the last year. Answer : sql SELECT CustomerID, DATE_FORMAT( Date , '%Y-%m' ) AS Month , SUM (Amount) OVER ( PARTITION BY CustomerID ORDER BY DATE_FORMAT( Date , '%Y-%m' )) AS CumulativeRevenue FROM Transactions WHERE Date >= DATE_SUB(CURDATE(), INTERVAL 1 YEAR ); 2️⃣ Identify plants that consistently exceeded their daily average output for at least 20 days in a given month. Answer : sql WITH DailyAvg AS ( SELECT PlantID, AVG (Output) AS AvgOutput FROM Production GROUP BY PlantID ), ExceedDay...