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Kubernetes Interview Prep

Use this page as a revision map. Every tutorial in the Kubernetes track already ends with interview questions — work those first, then stress-test the themes below.

How to practise

  1. Answer out loud in two minutes without notes
  2. Draw the architecture on paper or a whiteboard
  3. Name the failure mode and the first three debug commands
  4. Tie the topic to security (identity, secrets, blast radius)

High-yield themes

  • Control plane components
  • Pod vs Deployment
  • Probes and readiness
  • RBAC least privilege
  • PV/PVC storage classes
  • HPA / PDB trade-offs

Hands-on prompts interviewers love

  • Walk through a recent lab from the track as if it were an incident
  • Compare two designs and defend a trade-off (simplicity vs resilience)
  • Explain what you would monitor after a change ships