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CI/CD Interview Questions!

Rsprasangi
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4 min readNov 19, 2024

Most Asked CICD Scenario Based Interview Questions –

1. Build Failure in Jenkins Pipeline

📍 Scenario: A Jenkins job frequently fails during the build phase.

📌 Question: How would you approach troubleshooting the build failure?

✅ Review the Jenkins console output to identify the exact error message.

✅ Check for issues like missing dependencies, incorrect configuration, or environment setup.

✅ Ensure Jenkinsfile syntax is correct, and verify build scripts and tools are installed correctly on build agents.

2. Deployment Fails Due to Environment Mismatch

📍Scenario: A deployment to a staging environment works, but it fails in production.

📌 Question: How do you identify and fix the issue?

✅ Compare environment variables, configuration files, and infrastructure (e.g., database versions, libraries).

✅ Ensure that production and staging environments are as identical as possible.

✅ Use configuration management tools to ensure consistency.

3. Pipeline Hangs at a Certain Step

📍Scenario: A CI/CD pipeline hangs or times out at a particular step.

📌 Question: How do you go about diagnosing the issue?

✅ Check logs for the step in question for any error messages.

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