Network Programming and Scripting Proficiency Questions

Show practical programming and automation skills focused on networking tasks, using languages such as Python, Go, or shell scripting. Topics include socket programming and protocol knowledge for TCP and UDP, HTTP and higher level APIs, automation of network devices and cloud platform APIs, use of client libraries and remote management protocols, writing maintainable scripts and tools with error handling and retries, testing and validation of network code, performance and scaling considerations for scripts and agents, debugging and logging strategies, and code review and collaboration practices for operational tooling. Candidates should be able to discuss examples of network automation, tooling, monitoring integrations, and how they handled reliability and performance trade offs.