Interview practice
Learn the move.
Then nail the round.
Upanotch is a quiet practice room for the topics that show up in interviews: system design, cloud, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Git and CI, databases, networking, application security, and the tricky questions meant to slow you down. Miss one, and you get the why plus a reading list.
How it works
A set, not a course.
No video player. No 40-page module. One question at a time, then a reading list only when you need it.
- 01
Pick a topic
Pick the track you are weakest in. Each set is a short drill, not a course.
- 02
Answer under points
Easy is 1, medium is 3, hard is 5. The score is a signal, not a leaderboard.
- 03
Read the miss
Every check comes with the why. A miss adds public docs you can open next.
Topics
Start a drill.
Each set is original. We do not copy paid interview banks. Links go to AWS, Azure, Docker, PostgreSQL, MDN, and other public sources. Start 10 if 50 is too long.
System designCaches, queues, IDs, and the tradeoffs that show up on the whiteboard.50 questions · 146 ptsStartCloudAWS and Azure: storage, identity, networking, and how compute is shaped.50 questions · 146 ptsStartLinuxProcesses, permissions, filesystems, and the commands interviewers still ask.50 questions · 156 ptsStartDockerImages, layers, volumes, and the container traps that fail production.50 questions · 154 ptsStartDatabase designKeys, normal forms, indexes, and the schema choices that age badly.50 questions · 150 ptsStartNetworkingHTTP, DNS, TLS, and the request path every backend interview walks.50 questions · 156 ptsStartTricky questionsGotchas: floats, races, N+1s, and the questions meant to slow you down.50 questions · 154 ptsStartKubernetesPods, Services, Deployments, and the cluster traps that fail production.50 questions · 154 ptsStartGit and CIBranching, merges, hooks, and the pipeline choices interviewers still poke.50 questions · 148 ptsStartApplication securityAuth, XSS, CSRF, secrets, and the OWASP habits that keep rounds honest.50 questions · 148 ptsStart Scoring
Harder questions count more.
- Easy
- 1 point
- Medium
- 3 points
- Hard
- 5 points
Answers are graded on the server. The correct choice never ships in the page. Finish a set and you get a total plus reading for every miss.