Principal Solutions Architect applicants have rated the interview process at Amazon Web Services with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 57% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Principal Solutions Architect roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Amazon Web Services overall takes an average of 36 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Amazon Web Services as a Principal Solutions Architect according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 20%
Phone interview: 20%
Group panel interview: 13%
Presentation: 13%
Background check: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
One on one interview: 7%
Personality test: 7%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Berlin) in Aug 2020
Interview
I had phone interview, followed by the so called loop, with 6 interviews in one day. It was super professional, supportive and the team was able to sell me the job, already during the interview. Every interviewer was focusing on different leadership principles and they were ready to provide supporting questions when needed.
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Question 1
You get Amazon leadership principle related questions and you're expected to answer them in a STAR format.
First round is 90 minutes of virtual interview to ask about the technical questions, project experience and some questions are related to AWS behaviour principles. If first round is passed, second round will be a series of back-to-back interviews from different teams
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Question 1
Propose the solution architecture to build e-commerce shopping website deployed in various AWS regions and allow registered members to do and continue shopping from anywhere
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon Web Services (Irvine, CA) in Jan 2024
Interview
Multiple interviews one after the other online. From the hiring manager to other solution architects. A lot of emphasis about the leadership principles. Overall well organized process. They insist to work with their Chime tool instead of using zoom or something more appropriate
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Question 1
Design a web application, with emphasis on security and networking
Start off with a screening interview and if you do well enough, you move on to the more intensive interviews. Screening interviews are done with fairly young and talented individuals who really know their space.