# Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) Interview Preparation Guide
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This repository is an attempt to consolidate useful resources for Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) interview preparation.
## Basics
* Simple: [What happens when you type in ‘ ’ ](https://syedali.net/2013/08/18/what-happens-when-you-type-in-www-cnn-com-in-your-browser )
* Detailed: [What happens when you type google.com into your browser's address box and press enter? ](https://github.com/alex/what-happens-when )
## Linux
### Boot Process
* [An introduction to the Linux boot and startup processes ](https://opensource.com/article/17/2/linux-boot-and-startup )
* [What happens when we turn on computer? ](https://www.cdn.geeksforgeeks.org/what-happens-when-we-turn-on-computer )
* [What happens when we turn on computer? ](https://leetcode.com/discuss/interview-question/125107/What-happens-when-we-turn-on-computer )
* [From Power up to login prompt ](http://www.scott-a-s.com/files/linux_boot.pdf )
### Filesystem
* [Understanding Inodes ](https://syedali.net/2015/02/08/understanding-inodes )
* [Understand UNIX / Linux Inodes Basics with Examples ](https://www.thegeekstuff.com/2012/01/linux-inodes )
* [Understanding proc filesystem ](https://syedali.net/2013/08/20/understanding-proc-filesystem )
* [Common Mount Options ](https://syedali.net/2015/01/06/common-mount-options )
* [Understanding Linux filesystems: ext4 and beyond ](https://opensource.com/article/18/4/ext4-filesystem )
### Kernel
* [Explain the basics of Linux kernel ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/03/explain-basics-of-linux-kernel.html )
* [Kernel Space and User Space ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/02/kernel-space-and-user-space.html )
* [Linux Kernel Process Management ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/03/process-management.html )
* [Linux Addressing ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/02/linux-addressing.html )
* [Linux Kernel Memory Management ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/02/linux-memory-management.html )
* [STACK AND HEAP ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/02/stack-and-heap.html )
* [Paging and Segmentation ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/02/paging-and-segmentation.html )
* [Linux Kernel System Calls ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/02/system-calls.html )
* [The Virtual Filesystem ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-virtual-filesystem.html )
* [Concurrency and Race Conditions ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/07/concurrency-and-race-conditions.html )
* [Memory Leak ](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/312069/the-best-memory-leak-definition )
* [What is a kernel Panic? ](http://learnlinuxconcepts.blogspot.com/2014/07/what-is-kernel-panic.html )
### Troubleshooting
* [Linux troubleshooting tools ](https://syedali.net/2013/08/20/linux-troubleshooting-tools )
* [Linux Performance Analysis in 60,000 Milliseconds ](https://medium.com/netflix-techblog/linux-performance-analysis-in-60-000-milliseconds-accc10403c55 )
## Networking
* [Network protocols for anyone who knows a programming language ](https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/compendium/network-protocols?share_key=97d3ba4c24d21147 )
* [Introduction to Linux interfaces for virtual networking ](https://developers.redhat.com/blog/2018/10/22/introduction-to-linux-interfaces-for-virtual-networking )
* [Multi-tier load-balancing with Linux ](https://vincent.bernat.ch/en/blog/2018-multi-tier-loadbalancer )
* [Introduction to modern network load balancing and proxying ](https://blog.envoyproxy.io/introduction-to-modern-network-load-balancing-and-proxying-a57f6ff80236 )
* [Load Balancing Algorithms ](https://syedali.net/2013/08/22/load-balancing-algorithms )
## Containers
* [Introduction to Docker and Containers ](http://container.training/intro-selfpaced.yml.html )
* [Containers Patterns ](https://l0rd.github.io/containerspatterns )
* [Docker Container Anti Patterns ](https://blog.couchbase.com/docker-container-anti-patterns/ )
## Kubernetes
* [Deploying and Scaling Microservices with Docker and Kubernetes ](http://container.training/kube-selfpaced.yml.html )
* [What happens when ... Kubernetes edition! ](https://github.com/jamiehannaford/what-happens-when-k8s/blob/master/README.md )
* [Kubernetes Production Patterns ](https://github.com/gravitational/workshop/blob/master/k8sprod.md )
* [Kubernetes production best practices ](https://learnk8s.io/production-best-practices )
* [A Guide to the Kubernetes Networking Model ](https://sookocheff.com/post/kubernetes/understanding-kubernetes-networking-model )
## Infrastructure as code / Configuration management
* [Terraform ](https://learn.hashicorp.com/terraform )
* [Ansible ](https://github.com/leucos/ansible-tuto )
## CI/CD
* [7 Pipeline Design Patterns for Continuous Delivery ](https://www.singlestoneconsulting.com/blog/7-pipeline-design-patterns-for-continuous-delivery )
* [CI/CD patterns ](https://continuousdelivery.com/implementing/patterns )
* [Six Strategies for Application Deployment ](https://thenewstack.io/deployment-strategies )
## Clouds
* [The Open Guide to Amazon Web Services ](https://github.com/open-guides/og-aws )
## Programming
### Go (Golang)
* [A tour of Go ](https://tour.golang.org )
* [Go by Example ](https://gobyexample.com )
* [Learn Go with Tests ](https://quii.gitbook.io/learn-go-with-tests/ )
* [Getting up and running with Go ](http://www.golangprograms.com )
* [Effective Go ](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html )
* [Go Design Patterns ](https://github.com/tmrts/go-patterns )
* [Go Memory Management ](https://povilasv.me/go-memory-management )
### Big O Notation, Algorithms and Data Structures
* [AlgoExperts ](https://www.algoexpert.io )
* [Hacking a Google Interview – ](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/interview/Hacking_a_Google_Interview_Handout_1.pdf )
* [Hacking a Google Interview – ](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/interview/Hacking_a_Google_Interview_Handout_2.pdf )
* [Hacking a Google Interview – ](http://courses.csail.mit.edu/iap/interview/Hacking_a_Google_Interview_Handout_3.pdf )
## System design
* [SystemsExpert course from AlgoExpert ](https://www.algoexpert.io/se/product )
* [Grokking the System Design Interview ](https://www.educative.io/collection/5668639101419520/5649050225344512 )
* [The System Design Primer ](https://github.com/donnemartin/system-design-primer )
* [Crack the System Design Interview ](https://www.puncsky.com/blog/2016/02/14/crack-the-system-design-interview )
* [System design interview for IT companies ](https://github.com/checkcheckzz/system-design-interview )
* [Web Architecture 101 ](https://engineering.videoblocks.com/web-architecture-101-a3224e126947 )
* [What's in a Production Web Application? ](https://stephenmann.io/post/whats-in-a-production-web-application )
## Monitoring
* [SLOs & You: A Guide To Service Level Objectives ](https://www.circonus.com/2018/07/a-guide-to-service-level-objectives )
## Processes
* [Incident Response ](https://response.pagerduty.com )
* [Postmortems ](https://postmortems.pagerduty.com )
* [Runbooks ](https://www.transposit.com/blog/2019.11.14-what-makes-a-good-runbook )
* [Identifying and tracking toil using SRE principles ](https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/management-tools/identifying-and-tracking-toil-using-sre-principles )
* [Building SRE from Scratch ](https://medium.com/ibm-garage/building-sre-from-scratch-485e23985bbd )
## Interview
### SRE interview process
* [How to hire talent ](https://syedali.net/2014/04/01/how-to-hire-talent )
* [Recruitment process for a Google job (SRE, Site Reliability Engineer) ](http://lambda-startup.com/recruitment-process-for-a-google-job-sre-site-reliability-engineer )
### Interview Questions
* [A collection of questions to practice with for SRE interviews ](https://github.com/michael-kehoe/sre-interview )
* [SRE Interview Questions ](https://syedali.net/engineer-interview-questions )
* [Sysadmin Test Questions ](https://github.com/trimstray/test-your-sysadmin-skills )
* [Kubernetes job interview questions ](https://enterprisersproject.com/article/2019/2/kubernetes-job-interview-questions-how-prepare )
* [DevOps Guide ](https://github.com/Tikam02/DevOps-Guide )
* [Questions I ask in SRE interviews ](https://dev.to/logan/questions-i-ask-in-sre-interviews-a9j )
* [DevOps Roadmap: Learn to become a DevOps Engineer or SRE ](https://roadmap.sh/devops )
### Blogposts
* [SRE Interviews in Silicon Valley ](http://blog.marc-seeger.de/2015/05/01/sre-interviews-in-silicon-valley )
* [Preparing the SRE interview ](https://blog.balthazar-rouberol.com/preparing-the-sre-interview )
* [How to Get Into SRE ](https://blog.alicegoldfuss.com/how-to-get-into-sre )
* [My Job Interview at Google ](https://catonmat.net/my-job-interview-at-google )
* [Path to Site Reliability Management ](https://danrl.com/blog/2019/path-to-srm )
* [Becoming a Site Reliability Engineer ](https://tik.dev/becoming-an-sre )
## Books
### SRE books
* [Site Reliability Engineering ](https://landing.google.com/sre/sre-book/toc/index.html )
* [The Site Reliability Workbook ](https://landing.google.com/sre/workbook/toc/ )
* [Seeking SRE ](https://books.google.ru/books?id=tmhqDwAAQBAJ )
* [Building Secure and Reliable Systems ](https://sre.google/static/pdf/building_secure_and_reliable_systems.pdf )
* [Implementing Service Level Objectives ](https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/implementing-service-level/9781492076803 )
### Linux
* [Linux Kernel Development (3rd Edition) ](https://www.amazon.com/Linux-Kernel-Development-Robert-Love/dp/0672329468 )
* [UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook (5th Edition) ](https://www.amazon.com/UNIX-Linux-System-Administration-Handbook/dp/0134277554 )
* [Linux Pocket Guide, 3rd Edition ](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920040927.do )
### Networking
* [TCP/IP Illustrated, Volume 1 ](https://www.amazon.com/TCP-Illustrated-Protocols-Addison-Wesley-Professional/dp/0321336313 )
### Troubleshooting and Performance
* [Systems Performance: Enterprise and the Cloud ](https://www.amazon.com/Systems-Performance-Enterprise-Brendan-Gregg/dp/0133390098 )
* [Systems Performance, 2nd Edition ](https://www.informit.com/store/systems-performance-9780136820154?ranMID=24808 )
## Courses
* [Site Reliability Engineering: Measuring and Managing Reliability ](https://www.coursera.org/learn/site-reliability-engineering-slos )
* [School of SRE ](https://linkedin.github.io/school-of-sre )
