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@maheshbandaruBangalore, IndiaJoined March 2026

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MMaheshmaheshtech.hashnode.dev2d ago · 7 min read

8 Docker Interview Questions That Separate "I've Used Containers" From Real Experience

I asked a candidate once why his team's Docker image was 1.4GB for what amounted to a fifty-line Flask app. He said "that's just how Python images are," and moved on. It's not how Python images are —

MMaheshmaheshtech.hashnode.dev5d ago · 7 min read

8 GCP Interview Questions That Separate "Deployed a VM Once" From Real Experience

A hiring manager I used to work with had a habit of asking one question early in every GCP-focused interview: "is a VPC in GCP a regional resource or a global one?" Half the candidates got it wrong im

MMaheshmaheshtech.hashnode.devJul 11 · 6 min read

8 AWS Lambda & Serverless Interview Questions I've Actually Been Asked (or Asked Others)

I once watched a candidate confidently explain that Lambda "scales infinitely with zero configuration," which is technically the marketing pitch and practically wrong the moment you hit an account con

MMaheshmaheshtech.hashnode.devJun 12 · 3 min read

What a FAANG coding interview loop actually looks like in 2026 (and how I'd prep for it)

I've been on both sides of the table for software engineering interviews, and the most common reason strong engineers get rejected isn't a lack of skill. It's that the loop is a format, and they prepa

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8 Docker Interview Questions That Separate "I've Used Containers" From Real Experience

8 GCP Interview Questions That Separate "Deployed a VM Once" From Real Experience

8 AWS Lambda & Serverless Interview Questions I've Actually Been Asked (or Asked Others)

What a FAANG coding interview loop actually looks like in 2026 (and how I'd prep for it)

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8 Docker Interview Questions That Separate "I've Used Containers" From Real Experience

8 GCP Interview Questions That Separate "Deployed a VM Once" From Real Experience

8 AWS Lambda & Serverless Interview Questions I've Actually Been Asked (or Asked Others)

What a FAANG coding interview loop actually looks like in 2026 (and how I'd prep for it)