Amazon

Solutions Architect Interview Experience - United Kingdom

February 1, 2024

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I recently interviewed for an AWS Solutions Architect position.

The process began with a challenging online test covering AWS services, networking, security, architecture design, and coding.

After passing, I had a one-hour phone interview with an AWS architect. The call included technical questions on scalability, cost optimization, security, disaster recovery, and migration strategies, as well as behavioral questions.

The interviewer was knowledgeable and tested my practical experience thoroughly, making it a comprehensive and insightful experience.

Questions

Describe an innovative problem you have encountered.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 13 interview experiences for the Amazon Solutions Architect role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

31%

Pass Rate

Amazon's interview process for their Solutions Architect roles in the United Kingdom is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive54%

Neutral23%

Negative23%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Amazon's Solutions Architect interview process in United Kingdom.

Amazon Work Experiences

Great Benefits, Awesome Culture

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Pros: Great benefits, including compensation and an awesome culture aligned with Amazon's leadership principles.

Cons: I can't think of any at this time.

Great Benefits, Awesome Culture

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Pros: Great benefits, including compensation and an awesome culture aligned with Amazon's leadership principles.

Cons: I can't think of any at this time.

Great place for career development

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

September 15, 2022

Pros: Great culture, amazing opportunities to learn and grow in career.

Cons: Need to get up to speed quickly to run with everyone else in the organization, which may be stressful.

Great place for career development

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

September 15, 2022

Pros: Great culture, amazing opportunities to learn and grow in career.

Cons: Need to get up to speed quickly to run with everyone else in the organization, which may be stressful.

Hype Vs. Superficial Cloud Value

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Pros: Hype about the brand in the market.

Cons: Not all that glorious once you join. AWS is really moving boxes from on-prem to the cloud. Unless you want to become a superficial infrastructure person and lose your value in the market as a professional, this is okay. Don't fall for the hype and leave your job.

Hype Vs. Superficial Cloud Value

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Pros: Hype about the brand in the market.

Cons: Not all that glorious once you join. AWS is really moving boxes from on-prem to the cloud. Unless you want to become a superficial infrastructure person and lose your value in the market as a professional, this is okay. Don't fall for the hype and leave your job.

Great Benefits, Awesome Culture

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Pros: Great benefits, including compensation and an awesome culture aligned with Amazon's leadership principles.

Cons: I can't think of any at this time.

4.0
Great Benefits, Awesome Culture
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
July 12, 2022
Pros: Great benefits, including compensation and an awesome culture aligned with Amazon's leadership principles.
Cons: I can't think of any at this time.

Great place for career development

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

September 15, 2022

Pros: Great culture, amazing opportunities to learn and grow in career.

Cons: Need to get up to speed quickly to run with everyone else in the organization, which may be stressful.

5.0
Great place for career development
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
September 15, 2022
Pros: Great culture, amazing opportunities to learn and grow in career.
Cons: Need to get up to speed quickly to run with everyone else in the organization, which may be stressful.

Hype Vs. Superficial Cloud Value

Solutions Architect • Current Employee

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Pros: Hype about the brand in the market.

Cons: Not all that glorious once you join. AWS is really moving boxes from on-prem to the cloud. Unless you want to become a superficial infrastructure person and lose your value in the market as a professional, this is okay. Don't fall for the hype and leave your job.

2.0
Hype Vs. Superficial Cloud Value
Solutions Architect • Current Employee
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
June 29, 2019
Pros: Hype about the brand in the market.
Cons: Not all that glorious once you join. AWS is really moving boxes from on-prem to the cloud. Unless you want to become a superficial infrastructure person and lose your value in the market as a professional, this is okay. Don't fall for the hype and leave your job.

Amazon Interview Questions

Two Sum

Find two numbers in a given array that add up to a specific target value, and return their indices. Essentially, you need to efficiently locate the pair that satisfies the sum requirement.

Best Time to Buy and Sell Stock

You're given daily stock prices. Find the maximum profit you can make by buying and selling the stock once. You must buy before you sell.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Reorganize String

Rearrange the characters in a given string such that no two adjacent characters are the same. If such an arrangement is possible, return it; otherwise, return an empty string.

StringsGreedy AlgorithmsArrays

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