Technical Skills and Problem-Solving: How do you approach incident management and resolution in a high-pressure situation? Can you describe a complex system you’ve designed or managed? What were the key considerations for reliability and scalability? How would you troubleshoot a performance issue in a cloud-based application? What tools and methods would you use? Cloud and Infrastructure: Describe your experience with AWS services (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS). How have you used these services in previous projects? How do you manage infrastructure as code? Can you provide an example of a CloudFormation or Terraform script you’ve written? Explain how you monitor and log cloud resources. What tools or practices do you use to ensure observability? Automation and Scripting: What automation tools or scripts have you used to streamline operations? Can you provide an example of a process you’ve automated? How do you ensure that your automation scripts are reliable and maintainable? Behavioral and Cultural Fit: Can you describe a time when you had to collaborate with a cross-functional team to resolve an issue? What was your role and the outcome? How do you handle stress and prioritize tasks during an incident or high-demand period? SRE Principles: What are the key differences between an SRE role and a traditional operations role? How do you apply SRE principles in your work? How do you define and measure service reliability? What metrics do you consider most important?