Cloud engineering interview sprint
Landing zones, IaC, networking, DR, and migration — 30 days.
Universal cloud architect/engineer interview prep: multi-account design, Terraform, IAM, FinOps, and migration. Add a regional elective for visa sponsors in your target market.
Who this is for: Cloud platform and infrastructure engineers interviewing globally.
outcomes
- Design landing zones with least privilege and guardrails
- Explain Terraform workflows and Well-Architected trade-offs
- Present migration and DR plans with RTO/RPO reasoning
related roadmaps
Regional electives, shared foundations, and sibling sprints — pick what matches your target role.
lessons
- 1 Week 0: Your 30-day battle plan Universal schedule, pass gates, and how to pick a regional elective.
- 2 Week 1: Foundations interview bar Baseline every loop tests before depth topics.
- 3 Week 1 checkpoint Self-audit before Week 2 depth.
- 4 Week 2: Landing zones Multi-account governance.
- 5 Week 2: Infrastructure as code Terraform, drift.
- 6 Week 3: Compute platforms EKS/AKS/Lambda matrix.
- 7 Week 3: Security, DR & FinOps Backup, cost, encryption.
- 8 Week 3: Migration & hybrid 6 R's, strangler pattern.
- 9 Week 4: Behavioral prep STAR stories that work in any culture — tune examples in your elective.
- 10 Week 4: Mock drills & interview day Timed technical + portfolio + behavioral practice.
- 11 Complete pass checklist Final audit before booking interviews.