Round 1 – HR Screening (30 mins)

Recruiter asked about background, current role, and projects handled in the cloud.

Questions around notice period, salary expectations, and willingness to work across clients (since Deloitte projects can vary).

Basic discussion of Deloitte’s cloud practice and expectations. ✅ Cleared, scheduled technical rounds.

Round 2 – Technical Interview 1 (60 mins)

Interviewer: Cloud Consultant

Intro & Project Deep Dive: “Explain the most complex cloud migration you worked on.”

AWS Services: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda. Questions like:

“How do you design a secure multi-account AWS setup?”

“Difference between NACLs and Security Groups?”

Scenario:

“Client wants to move an on-prem SQL DB to the cloud with minimal downtime — what’s your approach?”

DevOps angle:

CI/CD with Jenkins, Docker basics, Kubernetes clusters.

Feedback: Wanted more depth on Terraform modules but overall positive.

Round 3 – Technical Interview 2 (75 mins)

Interviewer: Senior Architect

System Design Case:

“Design a scalable e-commerce platform on the cloud (AWS/Azure), considering 1M daily users.”

Discussed load balancing, auto scaling, RDS vs DynamoDB, and caching strategies (Redis/ElastiCache).

Cost Optimization:

Spot instances vs Reserved vs On-demand trade-offs.

Security & Compliance:

“How would you ensure HIPAA/GDPR compliance in cloud deployments?”

Behavioral Add-ons:

“Describe a time you had a conflict in a client project and how you resolved it.”

Round 4 – Managerial/Behavioral (45 mins)

Discussion with the project manager.

Focus on client-facing skills: how to handle scope creep, explain cloud benefits to non-technical stakeholders.

Asked situational questions:

“If a deployment fails during a client demo, how would you manage?”

Some STAR-based HRQs: Strengths, weaknesses, 5-year goals.

Round 5 – HR & Offer Discussion (30 mins)

HR explained the role, travel requirements, and performance review structure.

Salary discussion (slightly negotiable, Deloitte gives band ranges).

Background check initiated before the offer.

If a deployment fails during a client demo, how would you manage it?