Screening call with HR went fine Agreed on terms, keeping the overall compensation negotiable. Initial technical round was advised based on Leadership principles. But the interviewer realistically asked me only scenario based question and I am beginning to honest, I nailed it. He then switched gears to technical and asked about Quantum resources in AWS, even though I do not have this in my resume and clearly stated to him that I do not have experience in this area. He then asked about very deep technical questions about IAM policies and I was wondering if I applied for an engg job by mistake. I get it, you can dig deep but how far in the technical well. Dig deep for a Principal role is about understanding concerns, risks. Align solutions to mitigate the risks and work with SMEs and Engg teams to get them implemented. Do I have to know everything and remember everything?? This is my second experience with AWS and just can’t get pass the first round..I really feel sorry for others who are much smarter and capable than me and have almost cleared all rounds but denied at the end without proper feedback or no feedback at all. All I hear is ..sorry, it’s internal. What the heck!!

Initial call with recruiter followed by a technical interview, followed by 6 interviews Loop then got the offer presented. in general the process tool long, mostly due to the fact that the interviewers needed to be lined up