I asked a friend who had worked there for seven years to share my resume. He forwarded it to his ex-boss, who then passed it to HR. After an initial conversation with HR, I was scheduled to interview with the hiring manager.

This was the WORST interview experience of my eight-year career.

The interviewer started with no introduction and immediately asked:

• "You know Java, right? Explain Java reference types."
• "Explain blocking vs. non-blocking in Java."

At this point, I interrupted and asked, "I applied for a DevOps role. Why are the questions about Java?"

He then shifted gears and asked:

• "Explain how you would feed ELB access logs and parse them in real-time instead of using S3."

To which I answered, "As far as I know, Lambda can help set this up."

His next question was: "How would you handle mapping in ECS for the same port number in Docker but a unique one on the host for a service?"

After I provided a few solutions, he quickly ended the call, saying, "Thank you. I think there's been some miscommunication here."

The interviewer started with no introduction and jumped straight into questions.

"You know Java, right? Explain Java reference types."

Question two: "Explain blocking versus non-blocking in Java."

This time, I interrupted and asked, "I applied for a DevOps role, so why are the questions on Java?"

He said, "Okay. Explain how you would feed ELB access logs and parse them in real-time instead of using S3."

To which I answered, "As far as I know, Lambda can help set this up."

Question two: "How would you handle mapping in ECS for the same port number in Docker but a unique one on the Host for a service?"

I provided a few solutions. He quickly ended the call, saying, "Thank you. I think there's been some miscommunication here."