Solutions Architect Interview Questions

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  • Microsoft logoAsked at Microsoft 
    Video answer for 'Tell me about a time you built up a technical champion.'
    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Twilio logoAsked at Twilio 
    Video answer for 'Tell me about a time you solved a complex problem for a customer.'

    "That's really interesting how in section "Behavioral Interviews for Engineers" there is no single interview for, actually, Engineer. It's EM, SA, CEO, PM etc. So all problems are not relevant for people who are not managing products and not applying for manager's role. Will you consider adding at least couple of them? "

    Nikolas C. - "That's really interesting how in section "Behavioral Interviews for Engineers" there is no single interview for, actually, Engineer. It's EM, SA, CEO, PM etc. So all problems are not relevant for people who are not managing products and not applying for manager's role. Will you consider adding at least couple of them? "See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • "I said dockerizing the application and taking them in the Kubernetes cluster will help, I created a diagram of all the API they had."

    Dheeraj S. - "I said dockerizing the application and taking them in the Kubernetes cluster will help, I created a diagram of all the API they had."See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    System Design
  • Databricks logoAsked at Databricks 
    Video answer for 'Demo LabelBox for an Autonomous Delivery Client'
    Solutions Architect
    Customer Interaction
  • "I was in my early days of leadership and strategy. In Marriott when a decision was made by C suite to buy products as wrapper over cloud providers I was surprised and based on my limited information and knowledge posted a question to Chief technology officer as why it won't be a good strategy to directly use Native offering from AWS. The reason enlightened me and gave new a new thought process that being such a large enterprise that has presence in 200+ countries across globe we may have challen"

    Parag L. - "I was in my early days of leadership and strategy. In Marriott when a decision was made by C suite to buy products as wrapper over cloud providers I was surprised and based on my limited information and knowledge posted a question to Chief technology officer as why it won't be a good strategy to directly use Native offering from AWS. The reason enlightened me and gave new a new thought process that being such a large enterprise that has presence in 200+ countries across globe we may have challen"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
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  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "Explained in STAR format one of the project situation where I had to collect data points by deploying a minimum viable product due to unclear business requirements/dynamic nature of business. Emphasized on exact data points and how they strategically used to iteratively deploy improved version of product."

    Vijay P. - "Explained in STAR format one of the project situation where I had to collect data points by deploying a minimum viable product due to unclear business requirements/dynamic nature of business. Emphasized on exact data points and how they strategically used to iteratively deploy improved version of product."See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Product Strategy
    +2 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "My parents because they take really good care of me whenever I feel sick"

    Amparo L. - "My parents because they take really good care of me whenever I feel sick"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "I faced a problem about components re-rendering's and unnecessary requests API's which was causing performance complications in my applicactions. I had a structure that create, edit and delete task, so GET, POST, PUT and DELETE API's methods request was necessary and bring that to compliance without compromissing the performance is hard. I started involving componentes and async functions into the useMemo's and useEffect's to have more control, another improvement was take be careful with global"

    Rolemberg J. - "I faced a problem about components re-rendering's and unnecessary requests API's which was causing performance complications in my applicactions. I had a structure that create, edit and delete task, so GET, POST, PUT and DELETE API's methods request was necessary and bring that to compliance without compromissing the performance is hard. I started involving componentes and async functions into the useMemo's and useEffect's to have more control, another improvement was take be careful with global"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Technical
    +2 more
  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    Video answer for 'How would you limit access of certain users to a website or service?'
    Solutions Architect
    Technical
  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    Video answer for 'How do CDNs work?'
    Solutions Architect
    Technical
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "SQL databases are relational, NoSQL databases are non-relational. SQL databases use structured query language and have a predefined schema. NoSQL databases have dynamic schemas for unstructured data. SQL databases are vertically scalable, while NoSQL databases are horizontally scalable."

    Ali H. - "SQL databases are relational, NoSQL databases are non-relational. SQL databases use structured query language and have a predefined schema. NoSQL databases have dynamic schemas for unstructured data. SQL databases are vertically scalable, while NoSQL databases are horizontally scalable."See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Technical
    +4 more
  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    Video answer for 'Demo MongoDB for an Ecommerce Client'
    Solutions Architect
    Customer Interaction
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "Situation - A time I saw a peer struggling was while I was at Google working in Mountain View. A fellow colleague of mine was consistently not meeting standards in his performance reviews and wasn’t sure why. He was upset because Google was his dream company and he wasn’t sure how to improve based on his feedback. Task - I was tasked to design a based VUI framework for our discovery space on smart displays. This colleague was acting as the VUI lead for the project while I acted as t"

    Ben G. - "Situation - A time I saw a peer struggling was while I was at Google working in Mountain View. A fellow colleague of mine was consistently not meeting standards in his performance reviews and wasn’t sure why. He was upset because Google was his dream company and he wasn’t sure how to improve based on his feedback. Task - I was tasked to design a based VUI framework for our discovery space on smart displays. This colleague was acting as the VUI lead for the project while I acted as t"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
    +3 more
  • Dropbox logoAsked at Dropbox 

    "Customer happiness Execution velocity Engineering engagement Capacity utilization"

    Ursula Z. - "Customer happiness Execution velocity Engineering engagement Capacity utilization"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Program Sense
  • Salesforce logoAsked at Salesforce 
    Video answer for 'Should Amazon enter the food delivery business?'

    "One challenge that I faced when working with sales was managing unrealistic expectations. As a developer, I often had to work with sales teams to define the scope and timeline for projects. However, it was not uncommon for the sales team to promise clients certain features or deliverables that were not feasible within the allotted time and budget. To address this challenge, I learned to be proactive in clarifying the limitations and constraints of the project with the sales team, and to work wit"

    Anonymous Flamingo - "One challenge that I faced when working with sales was managing unrealistic expectations. As a developer, I often had to work with sales teams to define the scope and timeline for projects. However, it was not uncommon for the sales team to promise clients certain features or deliverables that were not feasible within the allotted time and budget. To address this challenge, I learned to be proactive in clarifying the limitations and constraints of the project with the sales team, and to work wit"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
    +2 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
    +1 more
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 
    Solutions Architect
    System Design
  • Amazon logoAsked at Amazon 

    "I have this approach of: 30% seniors, to help the semi senior to grow. 30% to 35% semi seniors, to help the jr to grow. 37% to 40% jr or software engineers. With this approach and can foster a culture of grow but also be prepared to rotation of the team. And if you have to add more people, the onboarding is more simple."

    Cristian A. - "I have this approach of: 30% seniors, to help the semi senior to grow. 30% to 35% semi seniors, to help the jr to grow. 37% to 40% jr or software engineers. With this approach and can foster a culture of grow but also be prepared to rotation of the team. And if you have to add more people, the onboarding is more simple."See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Behavioral
  • Google logoAsked at Google 

    "https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-happens-when-you-hit-url-in-your-browser/"

    Kanika - "https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/what-happens-when-you-hit-url-in-your-browser/"See full answer

    Solutions Architect
    Technical
    +2 more
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