Stage 1: Initial Screening (30 mins)
HR call or recruiter chat
CV walkthrough, salary expectations
Visa/right-to-work check
Company/role overview
Stage 2: Technical Phone Screen (45-60 mins)
AWS/Cloud fundamentals (EC2, VPC, RDS, Lambda)
CI/CD pipeline design questions
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform basics)
Example: "Design a scalable web app infrastructure"
No coding, conceptual discussion