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Prashant Lakhera
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πŸš€ The DevOps, SRE, Platform Engineering, and Forward Deploy Engineer interview landscape is changing

For years, if you were preparing for a DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering or Forward Deploy Engineer interview, the roadmap was pretty clear:

βœ… Linux

βœ… Networking

βœ… Cloud

βœ… Docker

βœ… Kubernetes

βœ… Terraform

βœ… CI/CD

βœ… On-call & troubleshooting

And these skills are still extremely important.

But there’s a new layer being added to the infrastructure world:

πŸ€– Generative AI

Today:

β†’ LLMs are running on Kubernetes

β†’ GPUs are becoming infrastructure

β†’ AI inference is becoming a production workload

β†’ AI agents are helping with incident response and automation

β†’ DevOps and SRE teams are starting to build and operate AI-powered systems

This means companies increasingly need engineers who understand both Infrastructure + Generative AI.

And that creates a new challenge:

How do you prepare for interviews when you need to learn AI, coding, system design, and infrastructure together?

That’s exactly why we built:

🎯 Cracking the GenAI Interview for DevOps, SRE, Platform & Forward-Deployed Engineers

A 90-day intensive interview preparation program from IdeaWeaver AI Labs.

This is not just another GenAI course.

And it’s definitely not just about prompt engineering.

The program focuses on 5 interview tracks:

βœ… Generative AI & LLM Engineering

βœ… Python & DSA

βœ… System Design

βœ… DevOps & SRE Automation

βœ… Hands-on AI Projects

And you’ll learn from three instructors with different areas of expertise:

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Prashant Lakhera β€” Ex-Red Hat & Salesforce

GenAI, LLMs & AI Infrastructure

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Rahul β€” Ex-Uber

Python, DSA & Coding Interviews

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Pramod β€” Ex-Yahoo & Apple

System Design

One structured roadmap.

One goal:

πŸ‘‰ Help you prepare for the next generation of infrastructure engineering interviews.

And if you’re thinking:

"I’m a DevOps/SRE engineer. I don’t have GenAI experience. Am I already too late?"

Absolutely not.

We start with the fundamentals.

You don’t need to become an AI researcher.

Your existing knowledge of Linux, Cloud, Kubernetes, networking, troubleshooting, and distributed systems is already a huge advantage.

You’re not starting from zero.

You’re simply adding the GenAI layer on top of your infrastructure experience. πŸš€

πŸ“… September 14 – December 12

πŸ”— Morning batch: https://www.ideaweaver.ai/purchase?product_id=6827463

πŸ”— Evening batch: https://www.ideaweaver.ai/purchase?product_id=6827464

πŸ”— Self-paced batch: https://www.ideaweaver.ai/purchase?product_id=6827466

If you’re a:

βœ… DevOps Engineer

βœ… Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

βœ… Platform Engineer

βœ… Cloud Engineer

βœ… Systems Engineer

βœ… Forward-Deployed Engineer

…and you want to prepare for interviews where Infrastructure meets AI, this program is designed for you.

πŸŽ₯ Video link: https://youtu.be/w8MEvjgBwfM

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