How do you frame monolith vs microservices trade-offs under market uncertainty?
WHAT IT TESTS: Connecting architecture to business strategy under uncertainty. Strong answers say monoliths offer cheap optionality when markets are unknown, but winner-take-all makes speed existential; microservices are a post-PMF scaling tax.
WHAT IT TESTS: Your ability to treat architecture as a strategic business lever. A strong answer frames the monolith as a low-cost optionality play when customer needs are unknown, noting that premature microservices impose a heavy scaffolding tax on unproven ideas. In winner-take-all markets, speed-to-market is existential, so faster validation wins. If the product survives, you must articulate an evolutionary path to services before coupling becomes a scaling bottleneck.
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