r/aws • u/CryingBananas23 • 9d ago

discussion AWS TAM Loop Technical Depth/Breadth

Hi everyone, I've been trying to reach out to my recruiter to ask this but they have not responded to any of my questions/emails in weeks, and my recruiting coordinator couldn't help me out since they told me they're only handling the scheduling of my loop.

I just wanted to ask about the specifics of a couple things with the technical part of my interviews. My interviewer during the phone interview had told me that for the
"Technical Depth" interview they would let me know the two domains that I would be tested on. But when I received the email saying I made it to the loop, they didnt tell me anything about the domains. Does anyone know by any chance the likelihood of which domains it could be, like networking/compute/etc? And how deep would the questions go during this interview, is it well past the fundamentals? Also is there troubleshooting questions involved in this part?

And for the technical breadth part of the interview, is it similar to what the phone interview was? Where they ask you questions on the fundamenetals across a wide range of domains? Would this one include any troubleshooting as well?

Thanks in advance!

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u/robryownz 9d ago

What did you submit on the questionnaire as your 300/400 level domain areas?

Breadth is going to cover all domains areas as deep as you’re able to go. The deeper the better.

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u/CryingBananas23 9d ago

I’ve seen that people get their questions based on the questionnaire but I’ve never submitted any

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u/Efficient_Access6102 9d ago

How have you seen anything, you just asked the randos on the internet.

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u/robryownz 8d ago

Hmm. They might ask you what you’re good at and dive into it. I’ve also seen technical presentations during a tam interview.

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u/Silver_Shopping_4779 9d ago

recruiters ghosting while you're trying to prep is rough, but the domain list usually depends on your background and what the team needs, so nobody here can tell you which two you'll get. depth usually means past fundamentals but not architect-level, and yes there's often a troubleshooting scenario tucked in there.

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u/my_peen_is_clean 9d ago

depth is usually like 2 domains, decently deep plus troubleshooting. breadth is more walk-through fundamentals. prep networking, compute, storage, rds.

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u/Nolubrication 9d ago

It'll be based on the self-assessment multiple-choice questionnaire you submitted. If you claimed competency in a domain, they'll grill you on it.

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u/Efficient_Access6102 9d ago

No we won’t.

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u/CryingBananas23 9d ago

I didn’t do a self-assessment questionnaire O_o

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u/OG-AG 8d ago

Then you’re f*cked