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Cloud / Solutions Architect Interview Prep

An interview prep path for cloud and solutions architect loops. Light on algorithmic coding, heavy on multi-cloud fundamentals, the well-architected trade-offs (availability, cost, resilience), and the system-design conversations architects are expected to lead - plus the behavioral themes that screen for influence without authority.

Cloud / Solutions ArchitectSenior~50h5 sections17 items
Section 1 of 5

Cloud fundamentals across providers

Architects are expected to reason across clouds, not just one. Build a working model of the core compute/storage/identity primitives on each major provider before climbing into cross-cutting design.

  1. 01MCQAWS questions (25 suggested)Multiple choice category
  2. 02MCQAzure questions (15 suggested)Multiple choice category
  3. 03MCQGoogle Cloud questions (15 suggested)Multiple choice category
Section 2 of 5

Architecture and design trade-offs

The heart of the role: well-architected pillars, resilience patterns, scalability, and cost. These MCQs cover the trade-off vocabulary architects are graded on.

  1. 01MCQCloud Architecture questions (30 suggested)Multiple choice category
  2. 02MCQSystem Design questions (20 suggested)Multiple choice category
Section 3 of 5

Networking and data foundations

Most architecture failures are network or data failures. Anchor VPC/connectivity fundamentals and data-store trade-offs before the design rounds.

  1. 01MCQNetworking questions (20 suggested)Multiple choice category
  2. 02MCQDatabases questions (20 suggested)Multiple choice category
Section 4 of 5

System design: the architect's deep-dives

Bounded designs that exercise the conversations architects lead - edge delivery, load distribution, caching, and consistency across services.

  1. 01DesignDesign a CDN with Edge Compute (CloudFront / Cloudflare)System Design · Hard
  2. 02DesignDesign a Load Balancer (L4 vs L7, Envoy / HAProxy / ALB)System Design · Hard
  3. 03DesignDesign a Distributed Cache (Memcached / Redis Cluster)System Design · Hard
  4. 04DesignDesign a Rate Limiter (API Throttling)System Design · Medium
  5. 05DesignDesign a Distributed Message Queue (Kafka deep-dive)System Design · Hard
  6. 06DesignDesign Distributed Transactions (2PC, Saga, TCC)System Design · Hard
Section 5 of 5

Behavioral: influence and judgment

Architect rounds screen for driving decisions across teams you don't manage and making pragmatic trade-offs. Have a story per theme with concrete business impact.

  1. 01BehavioralLeadership Without AuthorityBehavioral · General
  2. 02BehavioralDealing with AmbiguityBehavioral · General
  3. 03BehavioralOwnership (Amazon Leadership Principle)Behavioral · Amazon LP
  4. 04BehavioralTech Debt and PragmatismBehavioral · General

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