# mxssl/sre-interview-prep-guide

Site Reliability Engineer Interview Preparation Guide

Repository: https://github.com/mxssl/sre-interview-prep-guide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sre-interview-prep-guide
License Family: other
Topics: study, preparation, sre, sre-interview, interview-preparation, site-reliability-engineer
Last push: 2026-06-13T00:23:22+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 87, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2782, "days_push": 82, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 9115, forks 2326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:28.482994+00:00)

## What it is
A curated collection of resources for preparing for Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) interviews. It organizes links to articles, courses, and talks covering networking, Linux internals, filesystems, kernels, and other SRE fundamentals.

## Use cases
- prepare for an SRE interview
- study site reliability engineering fundamentals
- find resources on Linux internals and networking
- review common SRE interview questions
- build a study checklist for DevOps/SRE roles

## When to choose
- you are interviewing for an SRE or similar infrastructure role
- you want a curated checklist of SRE learning resources
- you need to brush up on Linux, networking, and systems fundamentals

## When to avoid
- you need hands-on tools or software rather than study material
- you want a structured course with exercises rather than a link collection
- you are looking for general software engineering interview prep like algorithms and data structures

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: sre, interview-preparation, study-guide, awesome-list, site-reliability-engineering, devops, linux

## Member repositories
- mxssl/sre-interview-prep-guide (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.482994+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:23:26.103808+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mxssl/sre-interview-prep-guide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:28.482994+00:00, sha 8f4444c4bcee)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.