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Target
Practice questions for the skills this job lists, plus common questions for any interview. These are for practice: we don’t know the employer’s actual questions.
What is the difference between a list and a tuple, and when would you use each?
Python
How do generators work, and why would you use one over a list?
Python
How do goroutines and channels work? How do you avoid a goroutine leak?
Go
Compare Cloud Run, GKE and App Engine for a new service.
Google Cloud
What's the difference between an image and a container? How do you keep images small?
Docker
Explain Pods, Deployments and Services, and how traffic reaches a Pod.
Kubernetes
How would you debug a Pod stuck in CrashLoopBackOff?
Kubernetes
What is Terraform state, and how do teams share it safely?
Terraform
A server is slow. Which commands do you run first, and what do you look for?
Linux
What happens, step by step, when you type a URL into a browser?
Networking
Explain the difference between TCP and UDP and where each is used.
Networking
Walk me through a project you built: the design, a hard bug and what you'd change.
This kind of role
Reverse a linked list, then explain its time and space complexity.
This kind of role
How would you design a URL shortener?
This kind of role
What do you know about Target's products and customers?
Target
Tell me about yourself in two minutes, focused on this role.
About you
Why this company, and why this role?
About you
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate. What happened?
About you