Hands-on certification

Hands-on DevOps Exams

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.

  • No hints during the exam
  • 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

Built for engineering roles

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

Flexible exam delivery

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

  • Public purchase flow
  • Company assignments
  • Exam history

Clear after-exam experience

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