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"Data architects design, build, and maintain the systems that dictate how a company's data is collected and stored. Expect interviews to consist primarily of technical questions that will test your knowledge of engineering databases. Employers are often looking for candidates with degrees in data science, computer science, or another related field, as well as a knowledge of relevant database languages like SQL."

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The first 10 minutes were in general. Give me an overview of your experience, your team management experience, customer interfacing, public speaking skills etc. I had plenty of these in my power packed resume so I excelled in all these areas. The next thirty minutes of the interview was on - wait for this - network engineering. There were plenty of questions on network troubleshooting, protocols etc. Fews minutes into the interview, I actually thought this could be a mistaken identity, I told the interviewer that I am a database specialist and not a network engineer. She said that's alright and I dont need to know everything and she continued with her questions that are completely unrelated to my expertise. Then the final 15 minutes were focused on database. Even on that topic, the questions were around network & cloud. Here are couple of samples 1) How do you troubleshoot if you are not able to connect to a database 2) If you anticipate sudden surge in traffic to your database, what are the steps that you would take?
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Solution Architect (AWS)

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Oct 22, 2016

The first 10 minutes were in general. Give me an overview of your experience, your team management experience, customer interfacing, public speaking skills etc. I had plenty of these in my power packed resume so I excelled in all these areas. The next thirty minutes of the interview was on - wait for this - network engineering. There were plenty of questions on network troubleshooting, protocols etc. Fews minutes into the interview, I actually thought this could be a mistaken identity, I told the interviewer that I am a database specialist and not a network engineer. She said that's alright and I dont need to know everything and she continued with her questions that are completely unrelated to my expertise. Then the final 15 minutes were focused on database. Even on that topic, the questions were around network & cloud. Here are couple of samples 1) How do you troubleshoot if you are not able to connect to a database 2) If you anticipate sudden surge in traffic to your database, what are the steps that you would take?

will be conducted that make very much no real sense! questions were mostly to hire somebody that can convince Microsoft customer host their enterprise application on AWS - they were mostly disgruntled Microsoft employee trying to get back at the company that filed them or didn't provide them proper salary - so dont defend Microsoft !
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Solution Architect

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Dec 20, 2016

will be conducted that make very much no real sense! questions were mostly to hire somebody that can convince Microsoft customer host their enterprise application on AWS - they were mostly disgruntled Microsoft employee trying to get back at the company that filed them or didn't provide them proper salary - so dont defend Microsoft !

First many questions about previous jobs, motivation, salary expectation, etc. Once they were happy, then the line manager is supposed to check your competences and suitability for the job. These were more technical: - Different types of storage - Difference between SQL and No SQL - Types of load balancers - Which technology area do you know best - How would you build a web site
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Solution Architect

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Aug 19, 2015

First many questions about previous jobs, motivation, salary expectation, etc. Once they were happy, then the line manager is supposed to check your competences and suitability for the job. These were more technical: - Different types of storage - Difference between SQL and No SQL - Types of load balancers - Which technology area do you know best - How would you build a web site

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