Nomura Interview Questions
Focused on CI/CD pipelines, DevOps, Ansible and cloud-native applications.
Company-focused questions
L1 round
Q1: If we have a Java-based application, what stages will you put in CI?
Q2: Suppose a developer has written code but doesn't know how to deploy. How will you help him set up CI and CD?
Q3: Write a Python script to find factorial.
Q4: Is Python an interpreted or compiled language? Explain compiled and interpreted languages.
Q5: Write a Dockerfile to create an image of a Python application.
Q6: What is the difference between Deployment and DaemonSet in Kubernetes?
Q7: What is the difference between Git pull and fetch?
Q8: What is a merge conflict and how do you resolve it?
Q9: Where do you store and manage your application secrets?
Q10: What is remote backend?
Q11: What is state locking?
Q12: What is drift and how do you fix it?