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Amazon RDS
Managed relational databases, replicas, and failover.
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AWS Software Engineer Interview Prep (2026)
AWS Software Engineer interview prep — recommended services, cloud concepts, and practice questions.
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Questions
Medium
Difficulty
2 weeks
Prep time
for 2026
Updated
Software Engineer scenarios
Asked at Amazon, Netflix, Uber
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Data
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Network
IAM
Observability
AWS · Interview
First 3 Software Engineer questions candidates see
Hard: [AWS] Explain the core architecture and when teams choose this service over alternatives. Include beginner-level depth, concrete metrics, and one follow-up probe.
Difficulty: Hard
Representative interview simulation — practice with AI feedback on InterviewForge AI.
Medium: [AWS] Describe a production incident you would debug using this service's observability tools. Include beginner-level depth, concrete metrics, and one follow-up probe.
Difficulty: Medium
Representative interview simulation — practice with AI feedback on InterviewForge AI.
Hard: [AWS] What are the top cost optimization levers interviewers expect you to know? Include intermediate-level depth, concrete metrics, and one follow-up probe.
Difficulty: Hard
Representative interview simulation — practice with AI feedback on InterviewForge AI.
Software Engineer services on AWS
Pick a path to open interview questions, scenario drills, and AI mock interviews for this cloud topic.
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Amazon DynamoDB
Single-table design, GSIs, and capacity modes.
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AWS Lambda
Serverless functions, cold starts, and event sources.
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Amazon API Gateway
REST/WebSocket APIs, throttling, and auth integration.
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Amazon ElastiCache
Redis/Memcached caching patterns and eviction.
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Amazon SQS
Queue semantics, visibility timeout, and DLQs.
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Amazon SNS
Pub/sub fan-out and filtering policies.
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Amazon EventBridge
Event buses, rules, and schema registry.
What interviewers evaluate
Focus on AWS services that match Software Engineer job descriptions, plus cross-cutting IAM, networking, and observability.
Prep roadmap
Step 1
Foundation
AWS IAM, VPC/networking, and observability basics for Software Engineer loops.
Step 2
Core services
Deep dive: Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway.
Step 3
System design
Practice one end-to-end architecture whiteboard per week with cost and failure analysis.
Step 4
Mock loop
Run AI mock interviews with follow-ups until you can explain trade-offs without notes.
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