deployment-rollback-interviewer

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps interviewers and engineers practice handling failed deployments, triage under pressure, and decide when to rollback, ensuring safe, faster incident response.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Phase-based interview structure (Phase 1: The Alert; Phase 2: The Rollback Decision; Phase 3: Root Cause Investigation; Phase 4: Process Improvement) to mirror real incidents.
• Realistic deployment scenarios with timing, error spikes, affected endpoints, and changelogs to evaluate candidate reasoning.
• Guidance on database migrations, feature flags, and dependency upgrades to test rollback safety and forward fixes.
• Evaluation prompts and a structured scorecard to provide actionable feedback and process improvements.

Quick Start

Initiate the interview by presenting the deployment alert and the 2pm deploy details, then proceed with Phase 1 questions.