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      Cloud Infrastructure Architect Interview

      21 Nov 2019
      Anonymous employee
      New York, NY
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (New York, NY) in Nov 2019

      Interview

      This was my experience with specifically the AWS side for Cloud Infrastructure Architect. The process is the same as Amazon in general, of course so I won't rehash what everyone else mentioned for specific questions etc. 1. Applied online on their main job site. 2. Got an email from recruiter to schedule an inital phone screen. 3. Initial phone screen with recruiter went well. 4. Email to schedule technical phone screen. 5. Technical phone screen with a peer of same level (this may vary by who is available). Reference ALL the other Glassdoor for technical screen requirements. 6. Recruiter contacted me back within a few hours to schedule on site interview. 7. On-site interview scheduled at another Amazon/AWS office within same state (apparently they try to group these interviews together to make it logistically easier). So your actual location may vary by when and where the next location is available. They will arrange the travel (hotel, flight paid for them upfront) and have you expense your meals, travel by Uber etc. 8. Two (2) general lab exercises to do (architectural design, and something in the AWS console) 9. On-site interview loop with 5 other Amazonians (may have shadow sessions with others in same interview too). Mine consisted of 1. someone shadowing senior manager 2. Peer of same level but different practice/dept 3. Hiring manager 4. Another outside of dept 5. Peer of same level with another shadow session. This last one consisted more technical and was whiteboarding session. Lasted about 4-4.5 hours total. Overall, I thought I did well and was confident, but I could have done better at the whiteboard session. Work on your whiteboarding skills if you are lacking in that area. 10. I had an offer within 48 hours and I gladly accepted. Compensation was right on target throughout my research and met my expectations. What I want to stress that 4 of 5 of my on-site loop interviews were behavorial based questions as everyone has pointed out before but they ask it in such a way if you're interviewing for a technical role, they will dive deep (see what I did there?) into technical aspects as well just to expand on the stories. Personally, I invested almost 20 hours over the course of 2 weeks to prepare for the whole process, the bulk of which was for the on-site interviews. ***KNOW YOUR LEADERSHIP PRINCIPLES AND HOW THEY APPLIED TO YOUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE*** ***WATCH DAN CROITER VIDEOS ON YT. I PROMISE THEY WILL HELP. ***

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

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      Cloud Infrastructure Architect Interview

      30 Sept 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      Applied online, recruiter reached out and conducted a brief phone screen and insisted they was provided a salary range / number. After this I was invited to do an online job simulation assessment and a multiple choice behavioral questionnaire, which was around two hours. Next step if successful is a technical phone screen with a Cloud Infrastructure Architect who asked mostly technical interview questions and Why Amazon? This was fairly easy and enjoyable. Then if you ace all that you are invited for the final LOOP interview process which consisted of several 1 hour back to back interviews. There was two technical interviews, one was just answering technical questions with one or two behavioral questions and the other was a whiteboarding exercise, the software they make you use is awful so make sure you practice how to use it! The other three interviews were all behavioral based and expected responses based on the STAR format. Unfortunately the interviewer picks the questions so I ended up being asked the same questions by all three interviewers. I would say 70% of the questions were based on handling conflict, missing a deadline or persuading your team to follow your direction and if you don't have stories from a similar position you are applying for then they seem to not be too interested in what you have to say. One of these interviews I was constantly interrupted when trying to answer their questions which really soured my overall experience as it felt more like an interrogation than a interview. Once finished, they promise to give you the outcome in two - five business days, I got a response in under 48 hours, unfortunately no feedback is provided.

      Interview questions [7]

      Question 1

      Explain a time you didn't complete a task on time, what was the task and what was the outcome?
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      Question 2

      Describe a project or idea (not necessarily your own) that was implemented due to your efforts. Did it help the organization? If yes, then how?
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      Question 3

      Tell me about a situation where you had to solve a complex problem with a simple solution?
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      Question 4

      Describe a time you didn’t think you were going to meet a commitment you promised? How did you handle this?
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      Question 5

      Give me an example of a time you were able to deliver an important project under a tight deadline?
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      Question 6

      Tell me about a time you went above and beyond for a customer?
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      Question 7

      Can you describe a difficult interaction you’ve had with a customer? How did you deal with it? Thinking back, what would you do differently?
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      Cloud Infrastructure Architect Interview

      6 Dec 2022
      Anonymous employee
      Brasília, Federal District
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Brasília, Federal District) in Sept 2022

      Interview

      There are three steps - Initial interview with a recruiter - Technical interview with a technical person - Interview Day - One entirely day with interviews (5 to 6, 1 hour interviews)

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Tell a situation that you disagreed with someone else and what was your position
      Answer question

      Cloud Infrastructure Architect Interview

      19 Oct 2022
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Amazon in July 2022

      Interview

      Applied online via amazon.jobs. Recruiter Screening Received a call from HR who did the initial screening to understand my experience and explained the process clearly. The Recruiter explained the interview process and what to expect. 1st Phone Screen Round Approximately 24-48 hours later I received invitation for a Phone screen with a team member. The interview was a mix of technical questions across compute, storage, databases and networking. Also one question on leadership principles. Final Loop (5 rounds) Two days later received invitation for final loop with a panel. Recruiter again helped here by sharing useful material and tips to prepare for the interview. Total of 5 rounds in which one of the rounds is technical. All the interviewers were very friendly. They are trying to extract the data points from you so that they can root for you. 4 rounds of interviews are completely based on leadership principles. So you need a lot of examples to prepare 1 round is based on technical depth across compute , storage, databases , networking and security.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      A lot of material is available online on the leadership principles. Have a lot of examples available in STAR format and practise them. For technical depth have strong foundations across Compute , storage, databases , networking and security. For example - Whats the difference between block storage and object storage ? How does TLS work?
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