Tech Screening

Build artifact provenance

A dependency is replaced after CI passes but before deployment. Which signing and provenance checks should block release?

What this task practices

Build artifact provenance is a tech screening interview exercise that trains prompt interpretation, explicit assumptions, a concrete response, and a clear explanation of tradeoffs. The catalog marks it as hard difficulty. It focuses on Validation, Ownership, Technical Reasoning. The signed-in workspace provides the tools for the round and evaluates the attempt against task-specific criteria. Reference solutions, hidden checks, evaluator instructions, and candidate work remain private.