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Senior Platform Engineer interview at Atlassian
- Experience
- 7 yrs
- Rounds
- 3
- Process
- 5 weeks
- Interviewed
- Aug 2026
“They cared less about the tool names and more about how I'd roll changes out to 40 teams safely.”
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Round by round
- 1
Technical screen
60 min · Video callKubernetes fundamentals and a debugging scenario about Pending pods during a scale-up.
QUESTIONS ASKEDHalf the new replicas are Pending. What do you check?Model answer →Explain the difference between requests and limits, and what happens at each.WHAT WENT WELLExplained requests versus usage clearly. - 2
Platform design
90 min · WhiteboardPlan a cluster upgrade across many teams with no downtime. Lots of follow-ups on PDBs and communication.
QUESTIONS ASKEDPlan an upgrade from 1.28 to 1.30 for 200 services.Model answer →A team's PDB blocks every drain. How do you handle it?WHAT WENT WELLProposed blue/green clusters for the riskiest services.WHAT I'D DO DIFFERENTLYI forgot to mention removed APIs until they hinted at it. - 3
Values interview
45 min · Video callAtlassian's values round: collaboration, and a time I pushed back on a deadline.
QUESTIONS ASKEDTell me about a time you said no to a stakeholder.
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