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      Solutions Architect - AWS Interview

      15 Jan 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Amazon in Jan 2021

      Interview

      I was contacted by a recruiter who was interested in my background. I informed her that I was interested in Amazon but I was already in the interview process with a few other companies and that I expected an offer soon. She fast-tracked me to the Online Assessment that same day. The OA is a mixture of behavioral and technical questions. They put you through a scenario where you need to read and respond to emails appropriately. Then there is a tech screening. It has a very wide focus for this position in AWS. They ask programming, web dev, hardware, security, networking, architecture, and troubleshooting type of questions. I guess I scored yellow on the OA because I moved on to a 1-hour tech screening. Since I was on a fast track I didn't have time to check glassdoor interview questions. A lot of the questions are straight from these reviews. I was astonished at the level of debt and breadth they expect. It goes really deep into all of the areas I mentioned above. I could answer about 60% of the questions based on my experience. I had to be honest with the interviewer and tell him I did not know anything about a few topics. I can't really see them expecting you to be an expert in all of the topics they ask. I think they're just trying to get an idea of your depth in each area. To be honest, I don't think even cramming glassdoor questions would have helped me. The recruiter and interviewers were very nice. There was also a shadow on my tech interview who must have been new but was on the team I was applying for. He was able to answer direct questions about the work. The interviewer didn't act negatively when I didn't know an answer. He kept the conversation flowing very well. It was a difficult but great experience.

      Interview questions [4]

      Question 1

      How does a server validate a security certificate
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What is RAID, what are the different levels, and how do they work.
      Answer question

      Question 3

      Explain to me what CIDR is
      Answer question

      Question 4

      How do you push changes to production without impacting the users?
      Answer question
      5

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      8 May 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

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      AWS Solution Architect Interview

      5 Dec 2023
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Austin, TX
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Austin, TX)

      Interview

      Pretty lengthy process, scheduled multiple calls and made it to one of the final rounds, ultimately turned it down because there were multiple opportunities where the interviewers showed up late and I don't want to work for someone who doesn't respect my time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Name a time when a customer had a difficult problem that you needed to solve, how did you overcome this?
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      1

      AWS Solutions Architect Interview

      1 July 2022
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon

      Interview

      Interview consistent of a 1 hour phone screen over chime, followed by "the loop", which was 4 back-to-back 1 hour interviews. The interviewers were potential team members, the hiring manager, as well as a bar raiser. The questions were a mix of technical questions, as well as "functional" questions based on the leadership principles. Overall, the interviewers were professional but friendly.

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