Define a Git workflow for CI
Company: NVIDIA
Role: Software Engineer
Category: System Design
Difficulty: medium
Interview Round: Take-home Project
Propose a Git branching and release strategy for a graphics testing repo. Cover code review, protected branches, versioning of test assets (e.g., large textures), submodules or monorepo trade-offs, bisecting regressions, reverting bad changes, and maintaining reproducible builds. How would you integrate with Jenkins for gated merges?
Quick Answer: This question evaluates skills in repository management, CI/CD and release engineering, including Git branching strategies, large-binary asset versioning, regression bisecting, rollback processes, and CI integration; it is categorized under System Design and primarily tests practical application of tooling and process design.