Hello there, my name is Richard McMunn from the interview training company PassMyInterview.com
and in this tutorial, I will teach you how to pass your Solutions Architect interview.
It does not matter which organization you have your interview with for the role of Solutions
Architect, please do make sure you watch this tutorial fully from beginning to end, because
I promise to help make you the standout candidate. Now, to achieve that, this is what I am going
to cover. I'm going to give you a list of Solutions Architect interview questions; common
interview questions that are being asked by some of the major organizations such as Amazon,
for example. I will also give you sample answers to help you pass your Solutions Architect
interview. I will also tell you the qualities you must demonstrate during your interview.
And I will also tell you we can get access to further resources to help you pass your
Solutions Architect interview. So, there’s four really good reasons why you should stick
around and watch this tutorial from beginning to end. Before I get into those Solutions
Architect interview questions and top-scoring answers, a very warm welcome to this presentation.
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interview questions and answers. By the way, if you want to tell me which organization
you have your Solutions Architect interview with, in the comments section below the video,
then I will come on here each day and I'll try to give you some more questions to help
you pass for your particular organization. The first question I want you to prepare for
is, tell me about yourself and why you want to become a Solutions Architect? Now, it's
really important to concentrate on the core skills, the qualities and the experience you
have that will enable you to be a highly effective Solutions Architect in your answer to this
first interview question. This is going to be the first interview question. Here is my
suggested answer. “I am a highly-focused, driven and professional Solutions Architect
who can bring the right level of technical-expertise and business acumen to your organization.
I have many years’ experience working in teams where complex-solutions need to be found
in order to help the organization not only overcome difficult problems, but to also enable
them to grow within their industry and maintain market share. I want to be a Solutions Architect
simply because I have a broad range of natural skills, qualities and attributes that, coupled
with my in-depth technical abilities, make me the perfect candidate for this role. I
understand that, for your organization to continue to be successful, my work will have
to be on point, consistently to exacting standards and also solution focused. If you hire me
as your Solutions Architect, I feel confident you will see a positive return on your investment
quickly and also sustained over a prolonged period of time.” That is a very professional
answer! It's strong, it's in detail, and it shows that you're passionate about working
as a Solutions Architect for their organization. You can either pause the video if you want
to, and take note of the answers, or if you want to wait, I will tell you at some stage
during the video where you can download my full set of 25 Solutions Architect interview
questions and top-scoring answers. Let's move on to the next question. Why do you want to
work for our organization as a Solutions Architect? Now, to answer this question well, you have
to show the interviewer that you've researched their organization in detail. Make sure you
focus on the positive aspects of their company when giving valid reasons for wanting to work
for them. Here is my suggested answer. “Any organization that hires a Solutions Architect
is clearly ambitious, committed to high standards and also focused on their core asset, the
customer. Having conducted lots of research into your organization prior to applying for
this Solutions Architect role, it is clear you have ambitious plans for the future, you
want to act quickly, and you also want to maintain your impressive market share within
the industry. I am an ambitious person who gets the most job satisfaction from projects
that require in-depth technical analysis, problem solving capabilities and also the
ability to respond quickly to changing requirements and specifications. I believe I will be a
good fit for your team and, providing of course you are happy with my work, which I believe
you will be, I would like to stay working here for a long period of time.” So again,
that's a pretty in-depth answer that shows you have researched their organization, you
know a little bit about them and more importantly, you focus in on the positive aspects of why
you want to work for their organization. Now, don't go anywhere, because I still have a
number of questions to run through. But when you're ready, if you CLICK THAT LINK in the
top right hand corner of the screen, it takes you through to my website PassMyInterview.com,
where you can download my full set of 25 Solutions Architect interview questions and top-scoring
answers in PDF format. And it's a great resource for helping you succeed at your interview!
But let's move on to the next question. What skills and qualities are needed to be a Solutions
Architect? The only way you can confidently answer this interview question is to refer
to the person specification for the role of a Solutions Architect. I've done the research
for you. Here is my suggested answer. “There are numerous skills and qualities need to
become a competent Solutions Architect. These include, broad and in-depth technical knowledge
and competence, so your team can rely on you to come up with the right solutions to their
problems. You need excellent communication and interpersonal skills and also the ability
to explain complex, technical information in an easy-to-understand manner. You need
a diverse knowledge of web platforms, SQL servers, database management capabilities,
development operations and also computer and operating systems. You need a high-level of
commercial awareness, so you can understand the bigger picture and how your work as a
Solutions Architect fits into the organization’s goals. You also need project and product management
skills and be aware of risk management and how your decisions can impact significantly
on the organization’s success. Finally you need to have resource management skills, be
a people-person who is willing to take responsibility and also possess exceptional high standards
and detail-orientation at all times whilst carrying out your work.” There’s lots
of qualities that are needed to be a Solutions Architect. You are very intelligent people,
in my opinion! You need all of these skills and qualities, a diverse range of them. And
also the important ones are having commercial awareness, strategic vision and an understanding
that your work needs to fit into the long term goals of the organization that you are
hired by. The next Solutions Architect interview question I would like you to prepare for is:
Can you give me an example of a situation where you insisted on the highest standards?
This kind of question is really common during Amazon interviews for Solutions Architects.
This question is based on their leadership principles, but for any organization it's
a really good question to prepare for the role of Solutions Architect. Now, as you and
I know, a great Solutions Architect will always work to very high standards. This is a behavioral
type interview question. Make sure you give a specific situation you've previously been
in where you insisted on high standards. Here's my suggested answer. “I was working on an
important web-based project for a previous employer which included other departments.
During the initial briefing, it became clear that the department who was responsible for
product development wanted to cut corners with a view to completing the project in time
for an anticipated seasonal spike in online trade. Whilst I could understand their reasons
for pushing forward the launch date, I raised serious concerns that, unless we followed
protocol and completed the project to my proposed specifications and solutions, we would encounter
problems later on down the line due to the vulnerability of some aspects of the website.
I made a suggestion that we should maintain exacting standards but look to increase the
team size from six to eight people, so that we could attempt to still meet their desired
launch date and therefore take advantage of the increase in trade.” What I like about
that situation, is you are still insisting on high standards, but you are looking to
be flexible by making suggestions of how you can still meet their desired launch date by
increasing the team size. It shows that you are flexible and adaptable, but you still
insist on high standards. The next Solutions Architect interview question. What's your
biggest weakness? Which again, I can pretty much guarantee will come up during your interview.
This is a make or break interview question. Don't give a weakness that is a match for
the Solutions Architect job description. OK, so we've got to be very careful what we say
here. Here is my suggested answer. “If I’m being entirely honest, I would say in the
past I have been the type of person who prefers to go away and figure things out for myself,
instead of asking others for help or advice. Obviously, asking other people for help or
advice is a faster way of getting things done, and I think my weakness has been down to the
fact I love a challenge and I like to learn new things for myself. Having said that, one
of my strengths as a Solutions Architect, is the fact I am always looking to improve,
and if you give me feedback on my performance that helps me and the organization to grow
and develop, then I will always be open to that, and I will take it onboard.” I think
that's a great answer! It’s safe, because it shows that you're committed and you want
to find things out for yourself. But you're acknowledging that you should be working more
as part of a team and asking for help as and where needed. Don't forget to CLICK THAT LINK
in the top-right hand corner of the video. It takes you through to this page here, which
is PassMyInterview.com. There’s 25 Solutions Architect Interviews Questions and Answers.
I've listed all of the questions I recommend you prepare for, for any organization for
your Solutions Architect interview. Make sure you read that at the very least. Okay. The
25 questions. But my advice is to download the PDF document. You get all of the 5 questions
that I have just worked through with you, plus another 20 on top, and they're great
answers. There are also 4 key tips in passing your Solutions Architect interview. Scroll
down to the bottom of the page and then you can get access to that within two minutes
from now. I hope you've enjoyed that. Please don't forget to connect with me on LinkedIn.com.
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