Amazon AWS Software Engineer Mock Interview

Practice 24 Amazon AWS Software Engineer interview questions covering system design, distributed systems, and cloud architecture.

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Which do you prefer - a micro-service approach or a monolithic app?

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When asking about a preference, the interviewer is seeking to understand how you approach your work. Your response to this question is based on two factors. One is your experience and skill set in this job. The second is the research you have done on the organization and your understanding of their preferences for the type of operations they perform. Your answer can either align with their processes or conflict with them. If you choose to conflict with them, you should be able to rationalize your answer based on your experience.

William Swansen

"While I'm aware that your organization prefers monolithic applications, I use a micro-service approach. I like to do this because it allows me to create different services that can operate independently and, therefore, more robustly. While this approach results in better performance and more efficient code, it also creates multiple failure points. Extensive testing before putting the application into production can usually mitigate this."

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24Amazon AWS Interview Questions & Answers

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1.What are some of the programming languages you are familiar with, and which ones do you prefer?

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2.If hired by AWS, what portion of your day will involve coding, and what are the other activities you think you'll perform when not coding?

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3.In your opinion, what distinguishes a great cloud-based software engineer from an average one?

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4.What do you look for or check when reviewing another team member's code?

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5.Here at AWS, we take pride in the quality and expertise of our software engineering team. What do you feel are the critical principles of good software engineering?

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6.Walk me through your process for designing scalable applications.

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7.Describe the process you use to create a program, from requirements definition to delivery. Would you be willing to adapt this to the processes used here at Amazon?

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8.How do you go about addressing errors in your code?

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9.Can you describe the complete software development life cycle? Are you familiar with the one we use here?

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10.Here at Amazon we are committed to the Agile methodology. How experienced are you with the Agile software development process?

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11.Please describe responsive design and the difference between fixed and fluid layouts.

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12.What process do you use to test and find bugs in an application you've developed?

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13.How would you implement Dijkstra's Shortest Path using a programming language with which you are familiar?

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14.Can you describe how you would implement linear search in JavaScript if hired here at Amazon?

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15.What are the differences between blocking and non-blocking calls in the context of Node.js?

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16.What are the functions of web workers in HTML5?

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17.How do you go about organizing CSS files, and why do you prefer this approach?

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18.Walk me through the steps to build a single page application with multiple sections using the programming framework in which you typically work.

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19.Here at Amazon, our quality control processes are critical in ensuring our code is flawless. Can you define black box testing and white box testing and discuss the differences between them?

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20.Our customers are very demanding and require the best performance possible from their applicaitons hosted by AWS. How would you accelerate the response time of a website you created?

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21.Which do you prefer - a micro-service approach or a monolithic app?

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22.Our software engineers deal with some of the most challenging software issues in the industry. Can you describe a tough software development problem you encountered in your last job and discuss how you solved it?

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23.What personal software development projects have you worked on outside of work, and how will this help you succeed here at AWS?

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Amazon AWS Software Engineer Mock Interview

Which do you prefer - a micro-service approach or a monolithic app?

24Amazon AWS Interview Questions & Answers

1.What are some of the programming languages you are familiar with, and which ones do you prefer?

2.If hired by AWS, what portion of your day will involve coding, and what are the other activities you think you'll perform when not coding?

3.In your opinion, what distinguishes a great cloud-based software engineer from an average one?

4.What do you look for or check when reviewing another team member's code?

5.Here at AWS, we take pride in the quality and expertise of our software engineering team. What do you feel are the critical principles of good software engineering?

6.Walk me through your process for designing scalable applications.

7.Describe the process you use to create a program, from requirements definition to delivery. Would you be willing to adapt this to the processes used here at Amazon?

8.How do you go about addressing errors in your code?

9.Can you describe the complete software development life cycle? Are you familiar with the one we use here?

10.Here at Amazon we are committed to the Agile methodology. How experienced are you with the Agile software development process?

11.Please describe responsive design and the difference between fixed and fluid layouts.

12.What process do you use to test and find bugs in an application you've developed?

13.How would you implement Dijkstra's Shortest Path using a programming language with which you are familiar?

14.Can you describe how you would implement linear search in JavaScript if hired here at Amazon?

15.What are the differences between blocking and non-blocking calls in the context of Node.js?

16.What are the functions of web workers in HTML5?

17.How do you go about organizing CSS files, and why do you prefer this approach?

18.Walk me through the steps to build a single page application with multiple sections using the programming framework in which you typically work.

19.Here at Amazon, our quality control processes are critical in ensuring our code is flawless. Can you define black box testing and white box testing and discuss the differences between them?

20.Our customers are very demanding and require the best performance possible from their applicaitons hosted by AWS. How would you accelerate the response time of a website you created?

21.Which do you prefer - a micro-service approach or a monolithic app?

22.Our software engineers deal with some of the most challenging software issues in the industry. Can you describe a tough software development problem you encountered in your last job and discuss how you solved it?

23.What personal software development projects have you worked on outside of work, and how will this help you succeed here at AWS?

24.How would you go about explaining cloud computing to someone that doesn't have a technical background?