<p>Interview question I use for DevOps candidates:

&#34;Walk me through what happens when you type kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml.&#34;

90% of certified candidates can&#39;t get past the API server.

Certifications test memory.
Interviews test understanding.</p>

Mischa van den Burg

A DevOps interviewer shares their go-to technical question for candidates: explaining what happens when you run `kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml`. The key insight is that most certified candidates fail to explain the process beyond the API server, highlighting a gap between certification-based memorization and genuine understanding of Kubernetes internals.

Interview question I use for DevOps candidates:

"Walk me through what happens when you type kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml."

90% of certified candidates can't get past the API server.

Certifications test memory.
Interviews test understanding.

<p>Interview question I use for DevOps candidates:

&quot;Walk me through what happens when you type kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml.&quot;

90% of certified candidates can't get past the API server.

Certifications test memory.
Interviews test understanding.</p>