DevOps/CloudTable-stakesAround since 2012

Compute Engine

Also written as Google Compute Engine, GCE

GCP's core service for renting virtual servers — Google's direct equivalent to AWS's EC2.

Think of it like

Like renting that same bare apartment unit, but from Google's building this time.

Junior or senior?

Junior sounds like

Is still managing raw Compute Engine instances without questioning it.

Senior sounds like

Can explain what made them choose raw instances over a managed GCP option.

Ask them

“What made your team choose raw Compute Engine instances over a managed GCP option?”