The Kubernetes bits was easy if you work with it long enough. For the release process, I shared about processes that I worked with, e.g: tagged release being triggered manually, deploy-on-commit, blue-green/canary, feature flags, etc. ****** Ultimately, Gitlab picked another candidate that passed the same rounds I that did. They did flag that I don't have enough experience with releasing things. This is somewhat fair, as I don't work exclusively in the area. However, I would expect these are knowledge that you could pick up on the job. Reflecting on this, I would say choosing the right team that would want your skillset is important. I went in thinking that deep expertise in Kubernetes is an advantage, but it seems the team put more weight on something else.