I had a structured interview for a Cloud Architect position. Questions focused on cloud infrastructure, system design, security, scalability, migration strategy, stakeholder communication, and problem-solving. The process was professional, technical, and clearly aimed at assessing practical experience and decision-making skills.
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J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon en août 2016
Entretien
Firstly, we started with a 1-hour 'overview' interview where the interviewer inquired about me and why I wanted to work for Amazon, and I asked questions on the nature of the job role and the working culture.
Then I was asked to prepare a 6-page proposal based on a fictional (but realistic) requirement from a client for a scalable AWS architecture to support a web application as well as other requirements. This had to cover network, security, non-functionals, etc., all the things that are bread-and-butter for architects.
I was then invited to present my proposal in a 1-hour whiteboarding session.
Finally, I had 6 follow-up interviews with people from various parts of AWS. A few of these were technical in nature, but also included sales, HR and hiring manager interviews.
I had read a number of negative reviews of AWS interviews on Glassdoor, but my experience was highly positive. HR always kept me up to date on the feedback and status; each interviewer took the time to answer my questions. Plus I met 8 different people during the interview process, which meant I got to meet and form opinions on the people I would be working with in future; this is highly valuable and cannot be underrated.
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Many questions, ranging from networks & security to application design and AWS support for non-functional requirements. Not knowing the answer to a specific question is NOT a show stopper - but you should at least be able to intelligently discuss most of these areas.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Amazon (Toronto, ON)
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Technical interviewer took me through a range of questions covering various aspects of cloud computing and regular on-prem infrastructure. Interviewer also said that company policy restricts them from sharing any feedback on my performance.
It was very relaxing and engaging. Interviews were also very nice. Process was little exhausting. 5 interviews back to back without any break. There was one bar raiser interview, three system design and problem-solving mix and rest of two on previous experience and achievements around leadership principals
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NDA. Simple STAR based behavioral based questions from leadership principals