The Amazon Web Services test measures a candidate's ability to design, deploy and manage fully optimised and effective solutions through the Amazon cloud platform.
An AWS test is a pre-employment assessment that helps to identify applicants of the highest quality when recruiting for cloud-based technical roles.
Designed around best practices as described by Amazon's Well-Architected Framework, the test uses a series of multiple-choice questions, devised by AWS experts. Skills covered throughout the test include security, performance efficiency, reliability and cost optimisation.
An applicant that achieves a high score on the AWS test demonstrates both the theoretical knowledge and the practical understanding required to use Amazon's cloud services with a systematic, results-driven approach.
Amazon Web Services Test
As a leading name in cloud-based solutions, Amazon Web Services (AWS) continues to grow in popularity with businesses of all shapes and sizes. As a consequence, the need for highly skilled AWS professionals also continues to grow.
Picked's AWS test is designed to help inform the recruitment process, giving an accurate picture of each applicant's skill level, resulting in better quality hires for your business.
Traditional IT infrastructure is slowly becoming a thing of the past, as more and more businesses discover the flexibility and versatility of cloud-based services like AWS. To make the most of these services, however, businesses need to source and recruit technical experts that understand how to maximise functionality.
The difficulty lies in establishing who those experts are. You can gain some indication from an applicant's CV and work history, but technical skills are hard to evidence on paper. What's more, the candidates you attract are likely to have similar levels of experience, so creating a shortlist becomes increasingly difficult.
You can simplify the process by administering Picked's Amazon Web Services test in the screening stages of recruitment. Simply ask each appropriately qualified candidate to complete the test, and you'll receive a detailed report of the skill levels that exist in your applicant pool.
You can then use this to make well-informed, data-driven and objective decisions about who to progress through to interview, and who to let go.
Whether your business is new to the cloud, or already running tried and tested solutions, the Amazon Web Services test is a valuable tool when hiring for roles including:
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Results for the Amazon Web Services Test along with other assessments the candidate takes will be compiled to produce a candidate report. The report is automatically generated and available both online and as a downloadable pdf so they can be shared with other team members and employees alike.
In Picked's AWS test, candidates will need to answer a variety of questions targeting an intermediate level of proficiency. Candidates will need to demonstrate knowledge about the framework, building infrastructure and application designs using AWS, and show an ability to provide a high level of support for applications running on the service.
The test is designed to indicate how well a candidate understands AWS based on a final test score, which can then be compared to the scores of other applicants.
The multiple-choice questions consist of one correct answer and two to four distractors. The distractors are mostly generic mistakes or misconceptions, which makes the test challenging and helps measure a candidate's proficiency more accurately.
During the development process, the test was rigorously analysed to maximise reliability and validity in line with industry best practices. It was created and tested by AWS and psychometric experts, and field-tested with a representative sample of job applicants who have AWS experience, just like you might find in a talent pool.
Each test is reviewed by a panel of individuals representing diverse backgrounds to check for any sensitivity, fairness, face validity and accessibility issues. This ensures each candidate has a fair chance of demonstrating their true level of AWS proficiency and feels the test is high quality.
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AWS skills are in such high demand due to the sheer number of roles that exist within cloud computing. These cover cloud professions like development, system integration, cloud architecture, big data, networking and cloud administration.
Along with technical know-how relating to AWS and its architectural best practices, talented applicants will also be proficient in a number of coding languages and be able to demonstrate core soft skills like critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving, decision making and communication.
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