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      Solutions Architect Interview

      26 Apr 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Luxembourg
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Luxembourg) in Feb 2017

      Interview

      Started out with recruiter arranging a phone screen. First few rounds are slow and appear unorganized (they are probably working with multiple leads). Once you clear a few phone screens, they start giving you more attention and things start moving faster. Besides the initial phone screen by the recruiter, I had two technical phone interviews by two solution architects. Questions were general technical questions around TCP/IP, databases, cloud computing, security & encryption, load balancing, etc. Once i cleared those phone interviews, they invited me to Luxembourg for a series of face to face interviews. They provided a letter for the schengen visa, and booked hotel and return air tickets. They also reimbursed other incidental expenses after the interview. The face to face interview consisted of 5 x 45 min interviews. The recruiter shared the names and roles of each of the interviewers and the schedule well before the interview trip. Each round had one interviewer, except the last one, it had another interviewer joining on the phone (the lead interviewer asked permission if she could dial him in as his name was not initially communicated). The interviewers were very respectful and courteous, contrary to the other comments here. I must say that I really enjoyed the interview process. They are looking for the Amazon Leadership Principles in you, read about it on their website, the recruiter will keep nudging you about it in her emails to you as it is very important. You must have real examples where you lived those principles. Don't make them up, as they would know when they dig deeper. If you do not live those principles (which are reasonable), Amazon probably isn't the place for you. There was a lunch break between the the 5 rounds of interviews, and the hiring manager usually takes you out for lunch. In my case the hiring manager was sick and he did a video conferencing interview and apologized for not being able to join me for lunch. They take notes during the interviews, and they will tell you that. One of the interviewers did not work for AWS, but for another Amazon subsidiary. This is apparently a normal part of the process - that person would ask mostly behavioral questions. Once you finish the interviews, they tell you within a few days if you've made it or not, and then it is about making an offer to you + background checks. I have seen that they perform deeper background checks than most companies. Their offer includes a standard non-compete clause.

      Interview questions [12]

      Question 1

      What is difference between symmetric and asymmetric encryption?
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      Question 2

      What is the port for DNS, HTTP, Telnet, etc? Is HTTP a UDP protocol or TCP protocol? What about DNS? What is the significance of 53 in route 53 ?
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      Question 3

      How do you handle security objections about the cloud when dealing with public sector customers?
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      Question 4

      Tell me about a time where you disagreed with your manager?
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      Question 5

      Describe how you would architect a very critical website on the cloud?
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      Question 6

      Tell me about a technical engagement you did that you are very proud of.
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      Question 7

      Why would a highly performing <your current title> working for <your company> come work for a company like AWS?
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      Question 8

      How will you improve the performance of a database?
      1 Answer

      Question 9

      What is sharding?
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      Question 10

      Questions about managing web application state between EC2 instances running in an auto scaling group
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      Question 11

      Tell me about a time when you did something differently than what was instructed/expected of you and what was the result?
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      Question 12

      What was the last thing you learnt? How?
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      Other Solutions Architect interview reviews for Amazon

      Solutions Architect Interview

      1 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon in May 2026

      Interview

      Few rounds of interview, mixed with behavioral and technical questions to showcase you knowledge of building system on aws. They also asked gen ai questions on how you would create these systems
      1

      Solutions Architect Interview

      29 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      You do 4 back to back interview in 1 day. It was exhausting. Besides that really appreciated the recruiter giving out interview prep before it takes place. The good thing is there is no coding round.

      Solutions Architect Interview

      23 Sept 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Berlin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Berlin)

      Interview

      The interview process was very challenging and thorough. The questions required deep technical knowledge and problem-solving under pressure. While tough, it was fair and tested real-world skills, communication, and adaptability.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Can you walk us through a time you solved a complex problem under tight deadlines, and how you balanced technical accuracy with speed?
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