Can you describe the differences between SDK and an API?
The interviewer will ask you this type of question to test your technical knowledge. During an interview for a technical support engineer role, you can anticipate that most of the questions will be technical in nature. The interviewer wants to ensure that you can handle a wide range of problems and have in-depth technical knowledge about the type of systems and software their organization uses. When responding to technical questions, keep your answers direct and to the point.
"SDK, which is an acronym for software development kit, is a kit that offers tools, code samples, libraries, processes, guides, or relevant documents for creating software applications on specific platforms. API, which stands for application programming interface, is an interface that allows hardware and software to interact with each other. SDKs are the origin point of almost every program in use today. An SDK will sometimes contain the APIs needed for the software to interact with other applications. APIs are smaller pieces of code and are made available to software developers at no cost to encourage them to develop programs compatible with the hardware and software of other vendors. An API's role on the internet is to facilitate interaction between disparate systems, browsers, and other applications."
