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Notes:
Each company has its own way of hiring and that usually entails an interview process. Some processes are very vague, and others are streamlined. Today we will focus on AWS’s process.
Our 2nd-time guest, Mohamed Charaf, is an experienced Solutions Architect. He shares valuable insights about the hiring process and career progression at Amazon Web Services (AWS). He discusses various cloud roles, including Cloud Consultants, Cloud Providers, and Cloud Partners, emphasizing opportunities beyond the ‘big three’ (Amazon, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud).
He also provides a detailed view of the interview process at Amazon, including a discussion about the unique expectation of understanding Amazon’s Leadership Principles and the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) interview technique.
Key Takeaways:
- What is a cloud provide?
- Onboarding solution architects
- IT skills required for cloud services
- Finding jobs at Amazon
- AWS interview process
- How to best prepare for AWS SA interview
- Discussing the STAR Method
- The Role of Certifications in Cloud Careers
Quotes:
“One important point when you are looking for a job for a cloud provider, it’s not only one of these three huge organizations [AWS, Microsoft, Google], but there are other midsize and smaller ones that provide very interesting roles as well.” Mohamad Charaf
“It’s challenging to the extent that some people who are not really like meant to be solutions architects would leave if they don’t, if when they, when they go and see it, and I’m not saying that it’s difficult” Mohamad Charaf about AWS SA onboarding
“So always a two-pizza team.Which means that you can feed your whole team using two pizzas” – Mohamad Charaf about the team sizes.
“Which you hate. I know that you hate it. You mentioned this in a previous, uh, uh, podcast, but yeah, definitely you need to love if you’re going to be working for or applying for Amazon.” – Mohamad Charaf about the S.T.A.R method
