DEV Community: Sumti Mehta The latest articles on DEV Community by Sumti Mehta (@mehtasumti). https://dev.to/mehtasumti https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4194577%2F292ef81c-6ccd-4e05-b437-7e5f6651b655.jpg DEV Community: Sumti Mehta https://dev.to/mehtasumti en 3 Real-World AWS Cloud Engineer Interview Questions You Should Practice Sumti Mehta Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:17:39 +0000 https://dev.to/mehtasumti/3-real-world-aws-cloud-engineer-interview-questions-you-should-practice-3j1l https://dev.to/mehtasumti/3-real-world-aws-cloud-engineer-interview-questions-you-should-practice-3j1l <p>Preparing for an AWS Cloud Engineer, Cloud Support, or DevOps interview? Here are three troubleshooting scenarios worth practicing.</p> <h3> 1. EC2 Is Running, but the Application Is Not Accessible </h3> <p>Check the application service, listening port, security groups, network ACLs, route tables, and public connectivity.</p> <h3> 2. Application Load Balancer Returns Errors </h3> <p>Identify the HTTP status code first. Then investigate target health, listener rules, target group configuration, and application logs.</p> <h3> 3. IAM User Receives AccessDenied </h3> <p>Review identity-based policies, resource policies, explicit deny statements, permissions boundaries, and AWS Organizations service control policies.</p> <h3> More AWS Interview Practice </h3> <p>I've published <strong>AWS Cloud Engineer Interview Questions</strong>, a Kindle e-book featuring 50 real-world scenarios, troubleshooting questions, and practical answers for Cloud and DevOps interviews.</p> <p>📖 Included with Kindle Unlimited for subscribers.</p> <p>🔗 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNGVS95K" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HNGVS95K</a></p> <p><strong>Which AWS troubleshooting scenario would you add to this list?</strong></p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fkur9tx14rm8dt31zxtgl.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fkur9tx14rm8dt31zxtgl.png" alt=" " width="800" height="1001"></a></p> aws career interview devops