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      Solutions Architect Interview

      Sep 18, 2020
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Amazon in Sep 2020

      Interview

      I applied for a position I thought I was a good fit for and was immediately rejected it seemed like in the application system. Weeks later I get a call from a recruiter with this Solutions Architect/Pre-Sales position. Recruiter called asked a few questions then you take an assessment like others have said. I then had an interview with another SA where they ask pretty much the questions that have been displayed here on GlassDoor. SA interview asked about nothing that was on my Resume which I thought was strange in an interview. In the interview it was said they are looking for people with a broad range of knowledge of all these topics. Asked if I had ever worked with AWS which should be known from the recruiter call. My background is mostly Windows and Azure and after that interview I think I will stick to that for the time being. I was not invited to the Loop interview .

      Interview questions [13]

      Question 1

      Tell me a time a decision you had that was rejected?
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      Question 2

      3 tiers of a web application
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      Question 3

      What is a virtual machine or a container? What differentiates the two?
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      Question 4

      Difference between a cluster and mirroring?
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      Question 5

      solution options to solve database performance issues
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      Question 6

      What is a SQL/NoSQL database ? Use cases for each?
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      Question 7

      Difference between horizontal and vertical scaling?
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      Question 8

      What's Monolithic vs Microservices? Use cases for each?
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      Question 9

      Difference between Database vs. Data Warehouse?
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      Question 10

      Tell me What is a hypervisor?
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      Question 11

      Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancer and how they work?
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      Question 12

      how would you horizontally and/or vertically scale a multi-tier architecture?
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      Question 13

      Clustered database environment. and how do you expand and enlarge if need be?
      Answer question
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      May 1, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon in May 2026

      Interview

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      Solutions Architect Interview

      Apr 29, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Seattle, WA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Amazon (Seattle, WA) in Apr 2026

      Interview

      You do 4 back to back interview in 1 day. It was exhausting. Besides that really appreciated the recruiter giving out interview prep before it takes place. The good thing is there is no coding round.

      Solutions Architect Interview

      Sep 23, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Berlin
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Amazon (Berlin)

      Interview

      The interview process was very challenging and thorough. The questions required deep technical knowledge and problem-solving under pressure. While tough, it was fair and tested real-world skills, communication, and adaptability.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Can you walk us through a time you solved a complex problem under tight deadlines, and how you balanced technical accuracy with speed?
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