AWS Interview Questions & Practice

Sample AWS interview questions

• Compute

  Can you explain the difference between EC2, ECS, and Lambda, and how you'd decide which to use for a given workload?

• Storage

  Can you explain the difference between S3, EBS, and EFS, and when you'd use each?

• Networking

  Can you explain what a VPC is, and walk me through the difference between a public and private subnet?

• Iam Security

  Can you explain the difference between an IAM role and an IAM user, and when you'd use each?

• Databases

  Can you explain the difference between RDS and DynamoDB, and how you'd decide between them for a new service?

• Scaling Reliability

  Can you explain what multi-AZ deployment gives you that a single availability zone doesn't?

• Serverless

  Can you explain cold starts in Lambda, and what you can do to reduce their impact?

• Cost Operations

  Can you explain a few ways you'd reduce AWS costs on a project that was running over budget?

These are a few examples — each real session pulls 5 questions at random from a larger pool across every category above, so repeat sessions won't repeat the same set.

Frequently asked questions

Is this a live-coding AWS interview?

No. AWS practice on Hone is a spoken, conceptual discussion — you explain your reasoning out loud rather than writing or sharing code.

How many AWS questions are there?

Each session pulls 5 questions at random from a larger pool across multiple categories, so repeat sessions don't repeat the same set.

Can I choose the difficulty?

Yes — easy, medium, or hard, chosen right before you start. It changes how hard the interviewer pushes on follow-ups and how strictly it scores your answers.

Is it free?

Yes — every account gets 5 interviews a month, any track, for free. Pro upgrades to unlimited interviews for $99/month.