Solutions Architect Interview Experiences & Questions
21 real Solutions Architect interviews from 12 companies: what each round covers, the exact questions, and who got the offer.
What to expect · Solutions Architect
Based on 21 real interviews
Solutions Architect interviews by company
The Solutions Architect interview process
Most common round types: Behavioral (7), System Design (7), Technical (6), Artificial Intelligence (1), Debugging (1), Machine Learning (1).
Real Solutions Architect interview questions
- Cloud experience
- Tell me about the biggest project you're proud of, and be specific about what you built yourself.
- What is the difference between supervised and unsupervised learning?
- Design a chatbot.
- Given a file system with folders and files where each folder can allow or disallow users or groups, write functions to check whether a given user ID has access to a file.
- Imagine I'm the CTO of an airline. When planes break or schedules change, our operators reschedule everything manually and we don't like that. We want to hire you to help us. What would you do?
- Gen AI projects
- Tell me more about your previous company and what happened around the acquisition.
- Tell me about a time you learned something you were not good at.
- How would you set up a RAG Q&A system for millions of documents hundreds of thousands of users?
- Behavioral questions
- Why ElevenLabs, and how do you think about the customer-facing side of this role?
- AWS Well Architected Framework
- Design a system for high scalability
- System design decision type questions
- How would you search through error logs for a specific error?
- In Linux, how do you troubleshoot having alot of open files? What happens if you cannot kill them?
- What is the project you are most proud of?
- Why do you want to join Anthropic?
- In your container, if reporter mentioned that memory is causing issues, how do you know if it's true? What do you do to ensure?
- Why do you want to work at MistralAI?
- What about your past experience is relevant to this role?
- What do you know about caching?
- Experience in AKS
- What is your Cloud experience?
- Design Ride Hailing system like Uber and specially focus on Matching Algorithms and Geo Partioning
- Design an AI system with containers.
- Design a multi-region architecture.
- Recruiter screen was mostly about my experience and role fit
- Describe your most complex architecture.
- Questions regarding SQL queries and joins
- Design Apple app store on AWS.
- Tell me about your experience working with customers to understand their requirements.
- Same as the online assessment but this time the questions were put into a context: how would I design a web page. The expectation is to have technical breadth and be able to go deeper into 1-2 topics e.g. networking.…
- Critical thinking and problem-solving skills analyzed
- Design a webpage.
- Couple technical questions for screening
- Kubernetes ingress
- GPU memory trace
- Do you know our values?
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Latest Solutions Architect interview experiences
“Still going through the process. Recruiter screen was basic, just confirmation what you have done. Online assessment went to approaches for a problem, how you deal with customers and behavioral So…”
“It was fine, no curve balls. Study system design and focus on the AI components. There are three sections, 10 mins each”
“This was an online phychometry test so not real depth tested. More of behavioral traits and you have to choose and say which of the 2 options you more closely associate with.”
“Went well. I lacked Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) experience and they needed an expert. Very important. Must have proficiency in AKD for the role.”
“The process consists of 4 stages; a recruiter screen, online technical and situational assessment, pre-screen interview and loop of interviews. The interviews tested low level technical skills as…”
“Very focused on the culture screening and "Why Anthropic," they pushed on this quite a bit. They really want to see that you have pre-sales experience as well, think I had more post sales experience…”
“In the phone screen the interviewer is very technical, supposedly should be AWS LP, behavioural and some technical questions. The interviewer says casual conversation but wants me to design the…”
“Interview process was smooth and nothing out of ordinary. However, after clearing all the rounds of interview, never heard back from the recruiter.”
“Be prepare even during recruiter screening. The questions can get very detailed.”
“While the process is relatively demanding, it can be completed rapidly, with a significant emphasis placed on cultural alignment and core values.”
“Recruiter call was quite okay. It was just basic level of asking if I had certain experiences, very surface level of asking, then just preparing me for what the rounds are. Followed up with an email…”
“Interviewers were supporting, he was happy to repeat/rephase questions. Some of the questions I was blank even the question was super easy but I was not able to answer”
“The main technical and System design Interview was with the panel. It was a very long interview that took about 2 hours. All of the interviewers seemed very satisfied with my explanations and…”
“The interviews focused mainly on my experience, technical background, and how I approached real problems rather than overly theoretical questions.”
“I passed the interviews and it was verbally confirmed, but when the process was finished they decided they only want to hire in SF. Even though I was open to moving, they saw some immigration risks…”
“If you are interviewing for a cloud role, reviewing topics from the PCA was helpful. That is the base, everything stems from there.”
“Phone screen was an hour long followed by 5 member loop. I also had to do a presentation as well.The focus are on technical breadth, technical depth and then leadership principles like learn and be…”
“The recruiter was exceptionally transparent and provided an accurate roadmap of what to expect. Their preparation tips were spot-on, which is a rare find in high-stakes tech recruiting. What didnt…”
“It was longer than anticipated be sure to give sr level answers and show you know the difference between design trade offs”
“The process was rigorous and I was tested to my limits during the loop. I would suggest asking hr to split the loop into two otherwise you have to be able to interview for 4-5 hours in a row”
“Long process with multiple rounds. Recruiter was very efficient and helped with expectations for each round.”
Frequently asked questions
How many rounds are in the Solutions Architect interview?
Candidates report a typical 3 rounds, usually including a recruiter screen, online assessment, phone screen, take-home assignment.
How hard is the Solutions Architect interview?
Candidates rate it 3.6/5 on average (difficult), across 21 interviews.
How long does the Solutions Architect hiring process take?
About 3 weeks from first contact to decision, based on reported timelines.
What percentage of Solutions Architect candidates get an offer?
32% of candidates with a final result got an offer (6 of 19).
What does the Solutions Architect interview focus on?
The most common round types are Behavioral, System Design, Technical, Artificial Intelligence.