AWS SA Prep Time

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cirrusMite

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cirrusMite
Aug 2, 2020 37 Comments

Hi all - how much time would it take you to prep for an L4 SA position at AWS? Not sure how technical to expect, and want to put in the necessary work to do well #interview

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  • Visa
    🍈 ade

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    🍈 ade
    2weeks - for 70 % behavioral and 30% technical. For SA they only ask technical questions in phone interview. Onsite loop is mostly behavioral.
    Aug 2, 2020 7
    • Visa
      🍈 ade

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      🍈 ade
      I guess phone screen length depends on team and level. For me it was 90 minutes - 80% technical 20% behavioral. 30 min is quite less for a covering technical and behavioral. May be it’s exploratory call and not the phone screen?
      Aug 4, 2020
    • ADP
      mando99

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      mando99
      I had an OA
      May 26, 2021
  • Amazon
    sAkd48

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    sAkd48
    My phone screen was 100% technical.
    Loop: 5 interviews, first one was technical (design a stocks app), the rest was behavioral.

    My advice: read all LP, prepare at least 2 stories for each LP (bear in mind some stories might include multiple LP)

    I interviewed for a L6 but got L5 offer, it was like 60% more than my current compensation so I took it.
    Aug 3, 2020 4
    • Amazon
      sAkd48

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      sAkd48
      The initial phone screen was like 15 minutes. All behavioral and a few technical questions at the end.

      The phone interview was 1 hour. All technical, and a 2 LP questions at the end
      Aug 4, 2020
    • SAP
      caxxzb

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      caxxzb
      Did you talk through stocks aap or used a virtual white board ?
      Aug 14, 2020
  • Oracle
    cyeq66

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    cyeq66
    I have a 75 min online assessment coming up for this SA L4 role. Not sure what to expect!
    Aug 4, 2020 3
  • Amazon
    AMZ_Alum

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    AMZ_Alum
    Agree - 2/3 weeks should be enough. Since 70% is behavioural, make sure to drill through your LP answers so that they become second nature.
    Aug 3, 2020 2
    • Deloitte
      cirrusMite

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      cirrusMite
      OP
      With the 2/3 stories per LP, how do you prepare for the various questions that can fall under each one? Did you use examples from online? Or just memorize the details so well that you could adapt to any kind of question? Or both, lol?
      Aug 3, 2020
    • Amazon
      AMZ_Alum

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      AMZ_Alum
      As a rule of thumb: create a cheat sheet with prompts and a separate column for key results. Other details you should remember - ie who/what/when and how it relates to the question. Otherwise, it will come across as a made up story. Feel free to DM if you need something more in-depth.
      Aug 3, 2020
  • IBM
    Bmql27

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    Bmql27
    so Solutions Architect (SA?) is not a technical role? what do they do within AWS?
    Aug 4, 2020 2
    • Amazon
      luvbezos

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      luvbezos
      It's definitely a technical role but there's a large pre-sales/customer facing element to it as well. But all of the SA's I know come from strong technical backgrounds.
      Aug 27, 2020
    • ADP
      mando99

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      mando99
      Tbh I got asked several technical questions, more than 20, during one of my final rounds. They typically want to know if you understand ALL of the stuff in a high overview. My friend who interviewed for L4 SA got asked a coding question. It is a technical role, but they want you to know how to talk/sell the product, not just blankly code
      May 26, 2021