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1. Git fetch vs git merge 2. Git webhook 3. Git command to check current git branch 4. Docker file with example 5. Docker architecture 6. Ansible playbooks 7. ansible module with example 8. Ansible template 9. Terraform basic commands 10. Terraform code with AWS cloud for creating ec2 11. Jenkins ci/cd pipeline in depth
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Principal Infra Developer

Interviewed at Cognizant

3.5★
Jun 26, 2023

1. Git fetch vs git merge 2. Git webhook 3. Git command to check current git branch 4. Docker file with example 5. Docker architecture 6. Ansible playbooks 7. ansible module with example 8. Ansible template 9. Terraform basic commands 10. Terraform code with AWS cloud for creating ec2 11. Jenkins ci/cd pipeline in depth

Oracle OCI principal engineer interview process 1. screening round - past projects done and a coding question (LC easy to medium) sum 2 large decimal numbers 2. class design question - Mine sweeper game 3. managerial interview - purely behavioral and past projects 4. coding round (LC easy to medium) - sliding window log ratelimilter based duplicate rejection 5. Bartender round - behavioral question 6. HLD design round - IOT data collection system
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Principal Software Engineer

Interviewed at Oracle

3.5★
Dec 8, 2023

Oracle OCI principal engineer interview process 1. screening round - past projects done and a coding question (LC easy to medium) sum 2 large decimal numbers 2. class design question - Mine sweeper game 3. managerial interview - purely behavioral and past projects 4. coding round (LC easy to medium) - sliding window log ratelimilter based duplicate rejection 5. Bartender round - behavioral question 6. HLD design round - IOT data collection system

I was asked a series of questions ranging from leadership topics to more detailed engineering and data science questions. For example, was asked for specifics (but not low-level details) on how some machine learning algorithms worked, to test my breadth and depth of knowledge.
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Principal Software Engineer II

Interviewed at Elastic

3.8★
Jun 4, 2019

I was asked a series of questions ranging from leadership topics to more detailed engineering and data science questions. For example, was asked for specifics (but not low-level details) on how some machine learning algorithms worked, to test my breadth and depth of knowledge.

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