AWS Solutions Architect Interview | All You Need To Know

[@dontamoore9001]

THis is great informaiton, as a Recruiter for AWS this is the type if information I share with candidates on the importance of being prepared.

[@MelGetmanova]

Do you hire newly certified AWS candidates ? Or do we stay “ locked in” the jobs we have done shown on our resume. Example. I have not been able to GET OUT of my past jobs because employers want people who already have experience. This is practiced by nearly every employer and has left me STUCK, not allowing career change because I am never given the chance to gain the experience.

[@WinTheCloud]

You might want to check out the latest video where I specifically answer a few of these questions

[@nellsawere]

@@MelGetmanova my understanding of experience means going the extra mile to work on projects in your current company if there’s AWS being used there. If not, I believe the alternative route would be to get a part-time job where you can gain access to on the job training. Put yourself in the hiring company’s shoes, it’s very expensive to hire new employees and not a good business idea to hire people who can’t do the job. So what it takes to make yourself valuable.

[@joshuacalhoun6167]

I think the best "I don't know the answer" is: "I have never had the opportunity to work with this service, but I would love to learn more about the functionality and how it can help customers" It's a truthful answer because SA's like to learn.

[@WinTheCloud]

Couldn't agree more. No one expects you to know everything about every service, might as well be truthful, and demonstrate you're willing to do deep dives when necessary

[@JBS439]

This is the best video I have watched this year. You nailed it

[@ba177ba18]

Wow, this is gold for someone like me trying to transition career into AWS. Thank you so much for making this video. Liked and subbed. Notifications turn on!

[@WinTheCloud]

You're so welcome!

[@ba177ba18]

Will it be possible for someone not coming from a computer science degree to be a solution architect? Will I need to know a bit of coding in order to be successful? Perhaps basic knowledge of python? Thank you very much for your time!

[@WinTheCloud]

🚀 Very excited to announce my new course: The Solutions Architect Accelerator Program. An 8-week complete program designed to help you transition to the Solutions Architect role The next round will launch mid-February 2023. Learn more and join the waitlist here to ensure you get *all* the bonuses next time I open doors: tinyurl.com/sa-accelerator

[@TheBeach5563]

I was just wondering if you have to do solutions architect if you want to get DevOps. I was just wondering because I think I would rather go into a more focused area.

[@WinTheCloud]

No you don't have to. You actually can get the SysOps admin Associate certificate which is all about DevOps tools

[@TheBeach5563]

@@WinTheCloud I know its been a while but I have been seriously thinking of the SysOps Associate. I saw another AWS instructor suggest getting this one first because there are companies that have these kinds of roles available now. Then moving to Developer associate.

[@gowthamreddy4871]

Very much informative video thank you , I am AWS SA-A certified recently and wanted to work in AWS as SA and I don’t have any previous experience in working as SA… ….so can I apply to AWS SA role , will there be opportunities for people like me ?

[@mahendrareddy6489]

@iLyas BK Do we need a programming knowledge to get a job as AWS solution architect ?

[@stampeder1686]

The Mastercraft label on the work bench was a dead give away that you are a Canadian. Great video and thanks for the information.

[@WinTheCloud]

haha it was not intended, only in post production did I notice how the lights made it shine

[@SaadAhmed-qo5vr]

I currently work for AWS as well, DCO. I am glad I came across your content, as I've always wanted to become a solutions architect and have gotten a clear image of what to expect from the role and interview. I am preparing for the AWS SAP cert and then the associate, and hope to land a job in the near future! Thank you 😊

[@WinTheCloud]

Welcome aboard! I'm preparing more videos about the role and the certs. Talk soon ;)

[@teamnasdaily2195]

I'm from Pakistan and currently I'm doing my undergraduate in business and also doing courses on solution architect associate from cloud guru and udemy. Kindly can you guide me if it is still worthy to do these certification and if yes then tell me how to get a good job in USA or canada.

[@marvelrodrigues973]

This is so so helpful and there aren't many who go in detail about this. Great efforts and I'm sure people watching this will benefit from this. I work for AWS cs and have been preparing for the SA role myself. Having to cross paths with your channel is just great. Hope we can connect and I get to learn more from you and someday see myself owning a beautiful house like your's. :D

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you brother! I'll try my best to keep producing quality content! Feel free to add me on Linkedin and let's connect :)

[@deezoflexmo8529]

Great Video ! Grateful you took your time and made this video for us very helpful

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you brother. I'll be happy to make other videos if there are other aspects you'd like to want more about

[@bnssoftware3292]

I've got an interview for a Sr SA position at AWS in two weeks. This video is wonderful! Thanks!

[@WinTheCloud]

Best of luck!

[@howard99999]

How did the interview go? I also have a Sr SA interview

[@bnssoftware3292]

@@howard99999 It's this Thursday. I'll let you know.

[@irzlx]

Thank you so much for your amazing work! Please do more videos about your job at AWS. Love it!

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you! Will do!

[@rodoherty1]

Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this detail about what an AWS SA actually does.

[@WinTheCloud]

My pleasure!

[@RoxasStrife]

Thank you for all the useful information. I'm only in the beginning stages of AWS by studying for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. I hope to meet my goal of being a SA in the future. You've helped me to understand some things I need to build on as I pursue this career.

[@WinTheCloud]

Best of luck! You can do it!

[@RoxasStrife]

Completed the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam 2 weeks ago. I Passed :D

[@BadWeatherfreak]

@@RoxasStrife have you been able to find a job?

[@RoxasStrife]

@@BadWeatherfreak sadly no. I live in a country that doesn't have any cloud related jobs. To find a basic tech support job is hard enough.

[@WinTheCloud]

Sorry to hear that. How about remote jobs? Is that a possibility?

[@shrts10]

Many thanks for the video. This was very helpful. I'm a data analyst (AWS SAA certified) and the biggest challenge is to switch the domain. At this stage, I rely upon AWS documentation and Udemy courses to learn AWS. So that's a merry go round circle of no experience and landing on similar projects. Would you have some material prepared that could help test our knowledge for the SA role?

[@ilyassbenhakim427]

Great Video, real representative... proud of you mate

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you brother

[@mufreauddinchoudhury8215]

Great breakdown brother. Thank you.

[@WinTheCloud]

Very welcome, cheers brother

[@farukm7627]

Thanks for these valuable tips. Much appreciated.

[@WinTheCloud]

My pleasure!

[@EricVonKimble]

Good video, can u turn your volume up

[@WinTheCloud]

Yop. Noted

[@akajazzy12300]

Hi BK, I have a upcoming phone interview w/AWS for an associate role. Can you please share what to expect from the phone interview? Thank you, it will be greatly appreciated !

[@Neelu2023]

Highly appreciate the content. Very helpful video to get an idea of AWS SA hiring process. Expecting more such videos. Thank you

[@WinTheCloud]

Appreciate the feedback! More will definitely come ;)

[@geraldmusaga6969]

This is deep thank you sir

[@matc8085]

hi great video, FYI the volume of the vid is a lil too low

[@WinTheCloud]

Noted! Thanks for the tip

[@ginosciretta]

Great job man love it. You are a natural! :)

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you Gino! Hope you and the family are doing great.

[@africanmike8179]

Thank you for this. I currently have my AWS CCP certification and am studying for my SAA certification. This helped put things in perspective. If I could ask: What’s some concepts on the exam that they focus heavily on and which terms and services should we focus on studying on?

[@WinTheCloud]

Hey Mike, good luck for the SAA cert! AWS's job zero is Security, so you can expect a ton of questions around security through AWS's shared responsibility model for example. You can also expect questions around the 6 pillars of the Well Architected Framework: Operational Excellence, Security Pillar, Reliability Pillar, Performance Efficiancy Pillar, Cost Optimization Pillar. You can read more about them here aws.amazon.com/blogs/apn/the-6-pillars-of-the-aws-well-architected-framework/

[@jasper5016]

Thanks for providing great content. Can you please provide, as a SA, what types of artifacts that you create?

[@WinTheCloud]

Sure thing, it's a topic I cover in the miniseries about S.A.D and you can even download these artifact (links are in the videos description) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3nFoohtfL6bj6M

[@shammianurag]

Thank you sharing awesome details I have this interview scheduled where they have mentioned coding round. Do you know what to expect in this round? My recruiter mentioned that I should prepare data structures and algorithms which i dont see relevant for SA role..

[@abhinandantripathi3624]

Hey how did the interview go, I have the same doubt as yours. Could you please share how was the interview and what areas did they focus more on.

[@akshaysuryawanshi8697]

You have explained so nicely I'm watching it twice!! thank you. i have subscribed your channel

[@WinTheCloud]

Great to hear!! Thanks for subbing!

[@davesullivan3198]

Excellent video!

[@WinTheCloud]

Glad you liked it!

[@ramansingh4542]

Hi, Thanks for the ton of information. I have interview lined up in about 2 weeks time. I have worked my whole life in traditional Data Warehouse. I have AWS solution arch associate certification. However, I don't have any working experience. I applied for "Data Architect - Data Warehouse & MPP", Should I expect questions on AWS Services? Can you suggest if I need to focus on my data warehouse experience and prepare that? What should I expect?

[@WinTheCloud]

Hi Raman - I'd say you can leverage a lot of your past experience during the interview, but I'd advise you to get more acquainted with subjects on how to scale workloads beyond one data center: load balancing traffic between data centers, disaster recovery, security... I'm not an expert in Data myself but I wish you good luck! And please let me know how it went

[@princylunawat2869]

Great video! thanks so much! this looks like a a profile suitable for people with quite a bit of architecture experience in the industry, is there such a thing as shadow/junior architects?

[@WinTheCloud]

Glad it was helpful! And yes, AWS has an Associate program where you can start as a junior Solutions Architect while you get assigned a mentor :)

[@shahdibrahim1159]

Thanks.. very informative!

[@WinTheCloud]

You're welcome!

[@phumlanimbabela-thesocialc3285]

Thank you very much.

[@WinTheCloud]

Always a pleasure :)

[@JohnstownJohnny]

The volume is a little low. Great video! Thank you.

[@WinTheCloud]

Noted!

[@setesmhar]

Very informative as usual. Thank you!

[@WinTheCloud]

Glad it was helpful!

[@johngomes4934]

Thanks for this video. Was very helpful. What kind of Iaac questions or test do they take for a Cloud Infrastructure Architect role?

[@mj1983]

I have a query. My experience is primarily with system design like API design for backend services and designing system interactions. My role is Solution architect but infrastructure decisions are out of scope in my current role as there is an Infrastructure architect that looks into this. I am not sure my experience will be a match for the AWS solution architect. What are your thoughts on this? Is there a different role in AWS that is similar to what I have mentioned?

[@poran9939]

Thanks for making wonderful video .

[@MrSpeedracer713]

Did you have an initial 1.5 hour technical interview in a one on one format going into almost all aspects of was offerings?

[@peterugwoke1397]

Many thanks for this! Do you recommend any book that helps with different architectures?

[@stevenheyman61]

thanks for these videos! I am way back at the start of an IT career, in the process of getting my compTIA A+. I want to get into cloud as my main path. Should I spend any more time getting things like the network+ or should I go straight into cloud practitioner? is there any other certs you would recommend? thanks again!

[@WinTheCloud]

Hi Steven, I personally believe fundamental certs like those in Networking or Containers are very valuable. You will realize very quickly that all the managed cloud services are built on top of the same fundamental technologies such as OSI Model, ports, IP addresses, firewalls, routers, Linux distributions... Basically, what AWS and other cloud providers do is provide easy to use, scalable, secure wrappers around these technologies. btw, join us in the cloud community: win-the-cloud.circle.so/ we do a lot of activities around supporting each other in our cloud journeys ;)

[@brayanmontiel3416]

Very informative 👏🏽!

[@northstartothemoon8024]

Most of my experience are in Systems design / operations / support (Windows & VMware) and Disaster recovery as well (using well known vendors). After I got layoff before the pandemic, I enrolled in Udemy and in a year I earned 6 certifications (CF, SAA, SysOps, DA, SAP, DEP). What is your advice for me to get a job at Amazon? Thank you, really appreciate it.

[@WinTheCloud]

With 6 certs, I think you should be the one giving us advice haha but in all seriousness there are multiple positions in Amazon and AWS: from customer facing roles to pure technical.. I can't really cover them all but my plan is to invite someone to the channel so they represent their role and talk about how they got there, the required skills, certs, day to day job and stuff like that... Is there any role you are more interested in knowing about?

[@northstartothemoon8024]

@@WinTheCloud That would be great. I'm interested with the Solution Architect job on AWS or VMware Cloud on AWS as I have other 2 VMware certificates, the Datacenter and Networking professional. Thanks.

[@northstartothemoon8024]

Hi@@WinTheCloud, I received an email from an AWS recruiter saying that with my professional experience I'm a fit to one of their opening which is AWS Cloud Infrastructure Architect, WWPS Professional Services. Are you familiar with this group? What's the difference with your title as Solutions Architect? I was scheduled for a 30 minutes phone interview in few days, not sure what to expect. What usually they will ask during the first interview? Thanks in advance

[@BeautyStoriesByAnaya]

@@northstartothemoon8024 could you please share how was your interview?

[@aymanragaey]

Really helpful video, thank you so much

[@WinTheCloud]

You're very welcome!

[@christophergarza1354]

OMGAH THANK YOU!!!!

[@WinTheCloud]

So glad you like it!

[@zhangjkeman]

Thanks for the video! I was wondering if there is anything that would be different for a new grad role? Would the interview be in the same format?

[@WinTheCloud]

Possibly, you probably won't have to do the presentation part

[@ankurbhanot496]

can you recommend something for phone screen round?

[@WinTheCloud]

Of course, there are a couple of videos on the channel that address this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y2qVeXeVjNtsetE

[@GrizzlyCycle]

Hey Ilyas, any chance you make a comparison video of duties/role of an AWS SA vs TAM?

[@WinTheCloud]

Talking more about the TAM role is one of my goals for the near future, so make sure to subscribe for that ;)

[@StevenZinck]

@MecaHumArduino This is a great video; thank you very much for sharing, Do you have any tips to share during The Loop interview for a cloud infrastructure architect (ProServ). My guess is it's similar to what you've described, but naturally I'm trying to prepare as best as possible. Thanks

[@WinTheCloud]

Glad it was helpful! I believe given the nature of ProServ, the interviews put more emphasis on the technical side because it's not a client-facing role, but I'm afraid I don't have any specific tips as I'm not familiar with that segment, sorry..

[@dolusolana2127]

Hey, do you recon that associate solution architects roles will be as technical

[@WinTheCloud]

Associate level is technical indeed, but you get a mentor, an onboarding buddy and a lot of opportunities to shadow

[@aneegashfaq3697]

Can you also go over your qualifications and how many years of experience you have?

[@WinTheCloud]

Noted. This will be addressed soon

[@NunoMartins12]

Great video! How did you started as a SA? Did you came from a developer or ops role? I'm a developer and recently I gained interest in this role, but I don't have any idea on how to start. Do you mind sharing some information on how to start as a SA? (not necessarily AWS)

[@WinTheCloud]

Happy to oblige. I have what you might call a typical career progression: I have a software engineer background, I started writing code and building websites, apps, desktop.. Moved to a team lead role, was a tech team lead as well for a while, then team manager handling the web team of the biggest bike sharing platform of the world (www.motivateco.com) but then I decided I wanted to go back to my first love "building stuff" :D so I made the transition to become a Solutions Architect for a company in Montreal for a few years before I applied and joined Amazon. Btw, here is my LinkedIn if you wanted to look into my path www.linkedin.com/in/ilyasbakouch/

[@NunoMartins12]

@@WinTheCloud Thanks you for your reply. One curiosity - do you have free AWS services? (outside of the free tier)

[@KenSherman]

Well, I'd say it's detailed enough. There are not enough content out there that dig a little into the weeds of this topic. Trust me. I know.😄

[@WinTheCloud]

Well said! Although this was the first video I ever recorded for the channel, so I might take another stab at this topic and add more information I learned in the past 2 years

[@TimRHillard]

Are there contract, 1099 jobs available for working as an AWS solutions architect? Are the majority of jobs with the AWS solutions architect certification mostly working for Amazon?

[@WinTheCloud]

I haven't had contractors in my team, but I'm not sure I can answer this. All I can say is to check the website amazon.jobs/ for jobs where you work for Amazon/AWS

[@Remadescreations]

Great video. Am a fresh graduate of computer science. I just applied for an internship job as an Enterprise Architect. Am studying for my interview can you please reply my comment with some of your videos that will help me. Thanks

[@johnsilvauwagboe3458]

Hello Treasure how did your interview go.

[@linux2005]

Maybe a stupid question.. But do all AWS SA work directly for Amazon and thus have to go to a Amazon interview?

[@WinTheCloud]

I was an AWS SA working for various companies well before I joined AWS. an AWS SA is just an SA who specializes in the AWS ecosystem

[@linux2005]

@@WinTheCloud Great, thanks for the reply. Your videos have inspired me to take on a whole new career change. You are a natural educator.

[@fatimalakaoub86]

Même si je n'ai rien compris je te félicite

[@mkranthim]

Great info. Looking for people to practice mock Solutions Architect interviews. Let me know if anyone is interested

[@daniellet9180]

Hey kranthi Manchikanti, I'm available for practice.

[@mohsinnisar8567]

on your left aram, is it written "Sabar e Jameel" as tatto?

[@WinTheCloud]

Yes, Sabroun Jamil 🙏

[@mohsinnisar8567]

@@WinTheCloud In urdu, we pronounce it as saber e jameel "The great patience".

[@nyawirahmuragury3995]

Very Informative video 👏🏾👏🏾, I have a few questions how did You land the interview? Did you apply online or did a recruiter reach out ? For someone who has completed the SAA certification and does not have the experience architecting on cloud what would you advise them to do in order to become a Solutions Architect at AWS

[@WinTheCloud]

Hi Nyawirah, thanks for your questions! I think I applied at www.amazon.jobs/ you can find all Amazon and AWS related jobs posted right there. Linkedin is a great place to find and apply for AWS jobs as well. As for your second questions, hands on experience is really important to any SA, so my best advice would be to join a company that's already on the cloud whether as a developer or as a solutions architect for at least 6 months. This will give you the required hands-on experience and better prepare you for the interview. Btw, I'm uploading a video really soon where I interview my manager and we get into various questions about the hiring process and the day to day job of an SA, so make sure to subscribe in order to get it as soon as it goes live ;)

[@nyawirahmuragury3995]

Thank you for the feedback, I will definitely check out that video

[@WinTheCloud]

Here's the video I promised kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHbWkoCDmMqKldE let me know if you have any questions

[@labanmutai2599]

@@nyawirahmuragury3995 Sounds like a 254 name if i am not wrong.I stumbled upon this channel.I am a certified solutions architect too,but with no experience.I am trying to cut my teeth somewhere.

[@nyawirahmuragury3995]

Hi @@labanmutai2599 , yes am from 254, same case as well am already certified Am in the process of doing some personal projects you might try that as well

[@Daamthejokes.]

Hello ilyas if you want can you give chime id, I have lots of doubts regard this and want to start careerin this.

[@WinTheCloud]

Hey mate, I can't do chime but I'm creating this community of cloud experts and cloud enthusiasts, so we can all help each other. Hope to see you there :) discord.gg/4F56uunmEz

[@Rohan876x]

why did you leave after 1 yr 8 mos?

[@WinTheCloud]

I might explain my reasons in a video someday

[@vientrinh4530]

Do you have years of experience being a DevOps before moving to SA ?

[@WinTheCloud]

No I don't, but I have years of experience being a full stack developer

[@NineSevenThree]

Can you get a solution architect job right after getting AWS certification ?

[@WinTheCloud]

It certainly helps!

[@grainofsalt2113]

what country are you in?

[@WinTheCloud]

Quebec, Canada

[@eliasperez5168]

I’m in a boot camp at UT

[@shwetasudarshan2683]

Very informative and motivating video. You said questions for SA role are different kind. But, were you expected to have expertise in any of the popular coding languages too?

[@WinTheCloud]

You are expected to know your way around it, yes, but you're not expected to write full applications. Here is what Tony Colantonio, a national segment leader at AWS said about this when I interviewed him: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHbWkoCDmMqKldE

[@crispincourtenay3154]

So you mention whiteboarding is critical. Does AWS make use of solutions like Lucid Chart or Mural? I ask as I am being interviewed next week, but have both Dysgraphia + Arthritis (fun times), so it looks like a chicken held a pen in its beak while running across a whiteboard. The tech allows me to get my point across without understanding my unique version of scrawl. However, if this has not been adopted at a company or client level, it is useless in this instance.

[@alfiamujawar698]

Hello👋 I am from India i have completed my graduation in 2019 and haven't done any job yet so can I make my career in AWS as I have no experience If yes then please guide me how can I start my career in this field? suggest me the best ideas where I can get easily placed in any IT companies

[@mohammadkoding7546]

حياك الله يا غالي

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you very much brother

[@Thomas-1023]

I'm enchanted by this content. I had the pleasure of reading something similar, and I was completely enchanted. "Mastering AWS: A Software Engineers Guide" by Nathan Vale

[@afafridaoui4566]

👍👍

[@roushnirafamajumder1578]

Thanks, man. I learned a lot from your video. Is programming problems solving skills needed for AWS SA interviews? Because I'm not that good with coding but I'm planning to grab Solutions Architect Associate Certificate within next month. I want to sit for Cloud Practitioner Certificate this month. I'm a fresh grad & currently have no working skills. But I really want to work at AWS someday. I don't know if I'm going in the right way or not.

[@WinTheCloud]

Check this out for a detailed answer :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHbWkoCDmMqKldE

[@roushnirafamajumder1578]

@@WinTheCloud Thanks a lot for your quick response in this busy schedule. It is really appreciating and the answer in the video was really motivating. Thanks again for being this helpful.

[@jayh240]

MashaAllah Brother, nice informative talk.

[@WinTheCloud]

Thank you brother

[@azzizbakouch]

Même si je n'ai rien compris je te félicite.....COPIER COLLER

[@lavanya996]

Hi,I have seen you AWS sessions, they are fantastic I would like to know if you provide AWS SAP solution architect interview guidance and to crack the interview I am not looking for course training. Thanks

[@WinTheCloud]

Hi thank you! I will look into what I can offer in these terms