Motorola Solutions
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.
Explain RAII and smart pointers. When would you use unique_ptr versus shared_ptr?
C++
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
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
Explain the CAP theorem with a real example.
Distributed systems
How would you make a payment API idempotent?
Distributed systems
What do you know about Motorola Solutions's products and customers?
Motorola Solutions
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
Describe a time you failed or missed a deadline, and what you changed afterwards.
About you