Google SRE virtual on-site interview: Part 1 | How to Prep | Why SRE? | Study Guide

I recently had the opportunity to go through the whole virtual on-site interview at Google for a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) position, and I want to share my interview story with you.

Part 1

00:00 Intro
00:38 How I got the interview
01:31 Why SRE?
02:06 Scheduling and Planning
03:12 Preparation
03:44 Googleyness & Leadership
04:47 UNIX/LINUX Systems Internals
07:24 Problem Solving & Troubleshooting
09:10 Scripting / Practical Coding
11:52 Non-Abstract Large Scale Systems Design (NALSD)

Reference/Resources

- SREcon18 Asia/Australia - Interviewing for Systems Design Skills

[camvigil]

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[mappu]

Very good video. Short, crisp and right to the point. Thanks, a lot. Much appreciated.

[zptoth]

Best content on SRE Staff Engineer preparation ever. Thanks!

[snivy]

Thank you for sharing this. I'm a student still and this really built my confidence in the direction I want to go and the topics I should study in

[Sasheenami]

Thank you for posting this!! Aboutt to have my SRE Interview

[ummehaani]

This is a great video and has very good resources! Thank you so much for sharing!

[amartyajha]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks a lot, you don't know I was trying to find out materials like these for the last 1 year, if you can deep dive into each of these subjects even a bit more in the next parts to come than that will be really helpful.

[jinxat]

Thanks for sharing 👍, preparing for an EM SRE interview, so your insight is in big parts very helpful.

[goatyt]

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! YOU ARE THE BEST. I WISH I COULD SAY IT IN PERSON

[namz]

which book did you mention for Linux, systems, internals?

[ritesh]

Hi, Please share link of google doc as its not visible.

[irenes]

Thank you for sharing your experience. It was really helpful. I also caring one kid, so worried to working sre job..

[jayeshbhoi]

Very helpful video, Also i have upcoming "The Technical Phone Interview." for SRE position at Google, so kindly suggest me resource to ace it.

[MrChris]

thiiccc lmao love your blunt personality.

[asutoshpanda]

Had a question, why did the recruiter contacted you? What was there in your profile? Could you please guide a little

[trijit]

Which is most intimidating, let me guess NALSD?

[lindahewlett]

Hi Iris..would you have time to speak with me for 10 min? Would love your guidance ...

[abhilashgundlapally]

unable to hear your voice it is muted ?