Hands-on certification

Hands-on Practical DevOps exams based on actions

Assess real troubleshooting ability with live exam scenarios instead of theory tests.

Deadnodes practical exams let engineers work through actual incidents while your team receives an operational result later.

  • Focused exam run
  • Live terminal sessions
  • Per-task weighting
  • Simple result pages

Theory-led exams

  • Memorization-heavy
  • Instant quiz grading
  • Little system depth
  • Low realism

Deadnodes hands-on exams

  • Operational tasks
  • Background verification
  • Real environment setup
  • Higher signal for ops roles

Check practical troubleshooting

These exams are designed for DevOps, SRE, and platform engineers who need to prove they can work in systems, not just talk about them.

  • Senior hiring
  • Promotion loops
  • Internal validation

Use the same conditions for everyone

Teams can sell exams publicly, assign them internally, or use them as part of enterprise onboarding.

  • Public purchase flow
  • Company assignments
  • Exam history

Review exam results

Candidates finish the session, checks run in the background, and the result appears later in a dedicated exam result view.

  • Focused exam UX
  • Delayed validation
  • Simple result screen