This comprehensive technical document serves as a complete preparation guide for Amazon Web Services (AWS) interviews targeted at top multinational corporations. It covers foundational cloud concepts, core infrastructure components, and advanced architectural patterns.
1. Fundamental AWS Concepts
2. EC2 and Compute Services
3. Storage Services (S3, EBS, EFS)
4. Networking and VPC
5. IAM and Security
6. Database Services
7. Advanced Architecture and Design
8. Serverless Computing
9. Container Orchestration
10. Monitoring, Logging, and Optimization
11. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
12. Scenario-Based Questions
13. Cost Optimization
14. AWS Infrastructure as Code
Fundamental AWS Concepts: Overview of global infrastructure (Regions, Availability Zones, Edge Locations), the AWS Well-Architected Framework, the Shared Responsibility Model, and cloud deployment models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).
Compute & Serverless Services: Amazon EC2 instance types, pricing models (On-Demand, Reserved, Spot Instances, Savings Plans), Auto Scaling Groups, Elastic Load Balancing (ALB, NLB, GWLB), AWS Lambda, and Elastic Beanstalk.
Storage Services: Deep dive into Amazon S3 (storage classes, lifecycle policies, encryption methods), Amazon EBS volume types, and Amazon EFS.
Networking & Security: Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), subnets, Internet Gateways, NAT Gateways, Security Groups vs. Network ACLs, and multi-tier network architectures.
Databases, DevOps & Operations: Database optimization strategies (Amazon Aurora, RDS Read Replicas, DynamoDB), Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform), monitoring, logging, and disaster recovery planning.