AWS DCO interview in Berlin | what I learned after getting rejected 1. I interviewed for an AWS DCO role in Berlin and got rejected. 2. Fair enough. The interview was **way** more serious than I expected. 3. I started preparing only 4 days before, which in hindsight was basically me showing up to a marathon with one energy drink and a dream. # What I learned * This was **not** a normal interview. * It was about **20–30% technical** and the rest was basically: * Leadership Principles. * STAR stories. * Psychology. * How you think under pressure. * The interview was around **2 hours**, which is long enough to make you question your life choices halfway through. # What actually mattered 1. **Technical basics mattered**, but not in some super advanced way. 2. I finished electrical engineering **15 years ago**, so I was not walking in with fresh hands-on experience. 3. The technical part was manageable, but the real challenge was the **storytelling**. 4. My stories were a bit weak. 5.…