Containers

All interview questions related to Containers

11 Questions
4 Categories
2 Beginner7 Intermediate2 Advanced
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📞 Phone Screen
Docker vs Virtual Machines
Beginner

Explain the key differences between Docker containers and virtual machines. When would you use one over the other?

2 minPhone
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📞 Phone Screen
Kubernetes Pod Stuck in Pending
Intermediate

A pod is stuck in Pending state. What are the common causes and troubleshooting steps?

2 minPhone
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📞 Phone Screen
Docker Image vs Container
Beginner

What is the difference between a Docker image and a Docker container?

1 minPhone
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Docker Multi-stage Builds
Intermediate

What are Docker multi-stage builds and why are they useful?

2 minPhone
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Docker Volume vs Bind Mount
Intermediate

What is the difference between a Docker volume and a bind mount, and when would you use each?

2 minPhone
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🔬 Technical Deep Dive
Securing Container Runtimes
Advanced

How would you secure container runtimes (e.g., Docker, containerd) in production environments?

5 minTechnical
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🏗️ System Design
Design an Online Code Execution Sandbox
Advanced

Design a judge/sandbox to safely compile and run untrusted code in multiple languages with resource limits and scaling.

45 minSystem-Design
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🔧 Troubleshooting Scenarios
Kubernetes Pod Stuck in Pending
Intermediate

A pod has been stuck in Pending state for over 15 minutes. Walk me through how you would troubleshoot and resolve this issue.

10 minScenario
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🔧 Troubleshooting Scenarios
Service in CrashLoopBackOff
Intermediate

A Kubernetes service keeps restarting with CrashLoopBackOff. How do you debug and resolve this?

10 minScenario
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🔧 Troubleshooting Scenarios
Container Image Pulls Throttled by Registry
Intermediate

New pods are failing with ImagePullBackOff and registry logs show rate limiting/throttling. How do you restore service quickly and prevent recurrence?

10 minScenario
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🔧 Troubleshooting Scenarios
Container OOMKilled Repeatedly
Intermediate

A container is consistently OOMKilled under normal workload. How do you debug and fix it?

10 minScenario
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