Senior Cloud Architect applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Senior Cloud Architect roles take an average of 39 days to get hired, when considering 3 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon as a Senior Cloud Architect according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
Group panel interview: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon (Melbourne) in Apr 2020
Interview
I do not recall as it has been quite sometime. But I recall the first round was focused on Amazon's Leadership principles. The entire interview process had 4-5 rounds scheduled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first round was focused on the Amazon's leadership principles.
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.
I applied online. I interviewed at Amazon (Toronto, ON)
Interview
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
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
NDA. Simple STAR based behavioral based questions from leadership principals