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Describe the difference between NoSQL and relational DBs Does a NoSQL database have a schema? Describe the difference between block storage and object storage and give use cases for each How would you handle data loss in an expected EC2 instance shutting down What is a container? Describe the difference between Kubernetes vs Docker How would you secure a website? How would you design a 3 tier to handle spikey loads? How to handle failover between regions What is the difference between TCP vs UCP? What is the difference between Unicast and multicast Describe something interesting you recently learned
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Senior Solutions Architect

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Mar 8, 2022

Describe the difference between NoSQL and relational DBs Does a NoSQL database have a schema? Describe the difference between block storage and object storage and give use cases for each How would you handle data loss in an expected EC2 instance shutting down What is a container? Describe the difference between Kubernetes vs Docker How would you secure a website? How would you design a 3 tier to handle spikey loads? How to handle failover between regions What is the difference between TCP vs UCP? What is the difference between Unicast and multicast Describe something interesting you recently learned

Can you explain the process Normalization of Data? What you do if you have a web page can not be accessed from a user? Then you found its happening only sometimes in peak hours? And how you resolve it? If you have a system with Front end/Application Layer/ and Database? How do you protect your system? And how to make it high priority and always accessible and running? And then what you do in the Database side? What is GPU? What is WAF? What is the IO Bound? What is Jump Box? What is symmetrical? What is MFA Authentication? What is the continuous integration? What is difference between NAS vs. SAN vs. DAS? What is CDN? What is the difference between Layer 4 and 7? Stateful firewall? MPLS Network? Describe Hadoop? What is used for? And why? DOS and DDOS? SGA?
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Senior Solutions Architect

Interviewed at Amazon

3.5★
Feb 28, 2019

Can you explain the process Normalization of Data? What you do if you have a web page can not be accessed from a user? Then you found its happening only sometimes in peak hours? And how you resolve it? If you have a system with Front end/Application Layer/ and Database? How do you protect your system? And how to make it high priority and always accessible and running? And then what you do in the Database side? What is GPU? What is WAF? What is the IO Bound? What is Jump Box? What is symmetrical? What is MFA Authentication? What is the continuous integration? What is difference between NAS vs. SAN vs. DAS? What is CDN? What is the difference between Layer 4 and 7? Stateful firewall? MPLS Network? Describe Hadoop? What is used for? And why? DOS and DDOS? SGA?

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