Solution Architect
Posted Aug 11, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a data migration you led. What went wrong and how did you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they have real migration experience and plan for validation and rollback.
How do you work with other architects when your recommendations conflict?
What they are checking: Whether they can resolve disagreements with evidence and keep the enterprise view.
What would you do
A business team wants a quick data feed that bypasses governance standards. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they find a fast path within standards rather than just saying no or giving in.
How do you set database standards that development teams will actually follow?
What they are checking: Whether they make standards practical and work with teams to adopt them.
About the work
How would you design a data platform that serves dashboards, machine learning models and exploratory analysis at the same time?
What they are checking: Whether they think about layers, governance and different consumer needs on one platform.
Walk me through how you would approach master data management for customers who appear in policy, claims and billing systems.
What they are checking: Whether they understand matching, survivorship and stewardship, not just tools.
How do you decide what belongs in a conceptual, logical and physical data model?
What they are checking: Whether they can model at the right level for each audience and use ERDs well.
How would you build data quality checks into a pipeline rather than fixing problems afterward?
What they are checking: Whether they treat quality as part of design with tests, thresholds and ownership.
What do you need to have in place before a company can safely use AI on its data?
What they are checking: Whether they see governance, metadata, privacy and data quality as foundations for AI enablement.
How do you choose between keeping a workload on premises and moving it to the cloud?
What they are checking: Whether they weigh cost, security, performance and skills rather than following trends.
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