Kubernetes Interview Preparation Cohort

Get ready for your next Kubernetes interview — and walk away with a production-grade skillset and real production experience along the way.

This is a small-batch, 1-on-1 focused cohort of 5–10 engineers, meeting on weekends for 2 hours a day. Every topic is taught the way it actually shows up in interviews and in production, not as isolated exam trivia — which is exactly why it also happens to map cleanly onto the official CKAD certification domains.

Who This Is For

Engineers preparing for DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering or Cloud Engineering interviews who want to go beyond memorized answers — and want a certification- aligned, production-grounded understanding of Kubernetes they can speak to confidently, whether the question comes from an interviewer, an exam, or a real incident at 2 a.m.

What Makes This Different

• Interview-focused first. Every module is built around the questions candidates are actually asked, in the order interviewers actually ask them.
• Certification-aligned. The curriculum is structured around the official CKAD exam domains, so certification prep happens as a byproduct of getting interview-ready — not a separate track.
• Grounded in real production experience. Concepts are taught through the lens of decisions real production teams make, not just textbook definitions.
• Two live capstone projects. You'll build two complete, end-to-end projects live with Chandan — real, demonstrable experience you can walk any interviewer through.
• Small batch, 1-on-1 focus. Capped at 5–10 engineers so every session includes direct, personal feedback — this is never a passive, one-way lecture.

Format

• 6 weeks, weekend batches, 10 AM – 12 PM IST (2 hours per day)
• Batch size: 5–10 engineers only
• Live sessions with Chandan Mishra — recorded for your review
• Two live, hands-on capstone projects in the final module
• 1-on-1 mock interview with individual, recorded feedback

Curriculum

Six modules, taught over 6 weekend weeks — each one interview-aligned, production-grade by design, and grounded in how Kubernetes actually runs in production.

1. Kubernetes Architecture & Core Concepts — the mental model every interviewer (and the CKAD exam's Core Concepts domain) expects you to have.
2. Pod Design & Multi-Container Patterns — workload types, sidecar/init patterns and probes, mapped to the Pod Design and Multi-Container Pods domains.
3. Configuration, State & Security — ConfigMaps, Secrets, persistent storage and least-privilege basics, mapped to the Configuration and State Persistence domains.
4. Services, Networking & Observability — Services, Ingress, NetworkPolicy and production-grade visibility, mapped to the Services & Networking and Observability domains.
5. Production Troubleshooting & Mock Interviews — live debugging of real failure scenarios, followed by a 1-on-1 mock interview with recorded feedback.
6. Live Capstone Projects — two complete, end-to-end projects built live with Chandan, plus a final CKAD exam readiness review.

Every module includes a hands-on assignment, and the final module closes with two live capstone projects so you leave with concrete, talkable production experience — not just notes.