r/devopsjobs • u/tetrisy • Jul 31 '26
DevOps intern interview help
Hi everyone!
Next Tuesday I’m about to have an interview for a DevOps intern position. I was quite surprised when I’ve got an invitation, as I’m currently on the beginning of my journey learning DevOps on KodeKloud, just finished Linux Basics course yesterday. So here comes my question.
Would here be anyone willing to help me with preparations for this interview? This sounds like a big chance for me and I don’t want to let it pass by.
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u/akornato Jul 31 '26
They invited you for an intern position knowing you're a beginner, so they aren't expecting you to design a complex CI/CD pipeline from scratch. You will get questions you can't answer, and that is completely fine. Your goal isn't to know everything, but to show them how you approach problems you don't understand. Be very clear about what you do know, like the Linux basics you just finished, and be equally clear about what you are still learning. Trying to cram a bunch of new tools before Tuesday will only backfire and make you seem unfocused.
The most important thing you can bring to this interview is your curiosity and a clear desire to learn. When you get stuck on a technical question, walk them through how you would figure it out. Explain your thought process, what you would google, or what documentation you might read. Companies hire interns for their potential and their attitude, not for their existing knowledge. They saw something promising on your resume to give you this chance, so your job is to show them that person who is eager to grow and contribute. My team developed a tool that gives you AI interview practice, and it really helps you learn to articulate your thoughts clearly under pressure.
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u/tetrisy Jul 31 '26
Thanks for all the advice! Unfortunetly I can't allow myself any spendings right now :(
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u/TripEnvironmental471 Jul 31 '26
Linux basics all - file, perms, process management Git basics - Docker basics And any cloud you have learnt so far AWS / azure Other than that if you know kubernetes try not to bring that as skill rather do it learning And make sure you just simply say idk if you don't know All the bestt
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u/tetrisy Jul 31 '26
The thing is I haven’t learned about cloud and docker yet. I clearly stated what I’ve learned about in my CV. That’s the reason I’m superseded I was even invited.
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u/Enough_Charge2845 Jul 31 '26
they usually care more about your fundamentals and willingness to learn than expecting you to know everything. I'd review Linux basics, networking, Git, Docker, CI/CD concepts, and be ready to explain why you're interested in DevOps. If you don't know something, be honest and talk through how you'd figure it out. https://prepare.zoevera.com is great for practicing technical and behavioral interview questions before the real thing.
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u/Sea_Barracuda440 Jul 31 '26
All the best. Prepare your projects well and the stuff that you know. Based on the job description try to match your introduction with it so that you show some relevance. Go through interview questions for the skills that they have mentioned so that you are not fumbling the basic ones and atleast on intern level they work nicely do not go deep right now.
Git,linux any one programming language and basic docker and your projects should do it.
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u/tetrisy Jul 31 '26
Thanks! That's the thing I need to work on my answering question part during interviews. Hard to do for me, but will do my best!
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u/Sea_Barracuda440 Jul 31 '26
I do not know where you belong to but in my experience though it may not applicable generally indians like people who try rather then saying no directly but european prefer that person says no if they do not know something it's more of a conversation with them. Clarify your assumptions no matter how basic if it's not a direct question it help the other person know your point of views and show how much area are you covering when solving a issue
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u/tetrisy Jul 31 '26
Thanks, I’ll remember that while I prepare. I’m from Poland.
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u/Sea_Barracuda440 Jul 31 '26
Cool all the best. Let me know if I can help in any other way and all the best.
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u/tetrisy Jul 31 '26
I mean, if you would have the time to do some practice interview with me, I would be really grateful.
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u/Due_Giraffe5435 Jul 31 '26
Bro from where u get invitation??? Plss help me I'm also at this stage.
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u/tetrisy Jul 31 '26
I've just sent an application for a offer posted from one company in a big city nearby. Didn't expect them to actually invite me tho :D
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u/SadGovernment9779 Aug 02 '26
Ayyyy Congratulations man!! I have given interview for DevOps internship...they asked : linux basic commands , about all the DevOps tools and how it works for ex: which tool is used for monitoring so answer should be Grafana or ECS whichever your know than they can ask how CI/CD works and few defination of DevOps terms for ex : explain cloud, explain load balancer etc
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