Site Reliability Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland
Process
The online interview process consisted of three rounds. The HR department was fairly quick in scheduling interviews.
The interview was more related to understanding large-scale systems, reliability engineering, and automation.
Key discussion points included how you react to incidents and stakeholder management.
Questions
In-depth process of DNS resolution In-depth process of HTTPS handshakes Linux performance tuning Engineering problem (troubleshooting) like error 503 on the load balancer and where would you start to debug 5 reasons a log file cannot write to a location Centrally managed users using sssd Transit routing (hub-and-spoke) Oracle-based questions: Performance tuning Partitioning vmstat vs. iostat git stash git reset (hard and soft) git rebase Terraform backend Docker Swarm and mesh networking
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the ServiceNow Site Reliability Engineer role in Dublin, Ireland.
Success Rate
ServiceNow's interview process for their Site Reliability Engineer roles in Dublin, Ireland is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for ServiceNow's Site Reliability Engineer interview process in Dublin, Ireland.
ServiceNow Work Experiences
- 4.0Good Team, Slow ProgressSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeePleasanton, California, United StatesNovember 18, 2025Pros: Great Team Great work culture Opportunities to growCons: Moving slow Legacy Stack Less learning opportunities and structure
- 5.0Great company to work forSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeeSydney, New South Wales, AustraliaNovember 16, 2025Pros: Great career development opportunities. Very good manager. Vibe well with teammates; inclusive working environment. Solid work-life balance. Flexibility of working from home. Organizational changes happen at a good pace to keep things fresh. Good job stability; no mass layoffs (yet) due to AI.Cons: Compensation could be more competitive with the market rate.
- 5.0Placement Year InternSite Reliability Engineer • Former EmployeeStaines, England, United KingdomSeptember 3, 2025Pros: Awesome culture, awesome people, awesome pay.Cons: Was dead at the start, but mostly because the team was remote (not their fault, and it got resolved eventually).
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