Module Overview: Senior/Staff Level Interview Questions

“How do you ensure architectural standards across a large organization?”

This module covers questions typically asked in senior/staff engineer interviews. These test your ability to:

• Lead architecture decisions
• Enforce standards and best practices
• Handle compliance and regulatory requirements
• Design for large-scale organizations

Interview Questions You’ll Master

• “How do you enforce architectural standards?”
• “Design a system that must comply with HIPAA/SOC 2”
• “How do you ensure security across microservices?”
• “How do you handle compliance in a distributed system?”

What Interviewers Look For

• ✅ Understanding of governance and policies
• ✅ Ability to enforce standards at scale
• ✅ Knowledge of compliance requirements
• ✅ Leadership and architectural thinking
• ✅ Trade-offs between flexibility and standards

Goals

• Answer governance questions confidently
• Define policies with Sruja
• Explain compliance requirements
• Discuss enforcement strategies

Interview Framework

We’ll follow this approach:

1. Understand Requirements - Compliance, standards, scale
2. Define Policies - Security, compliance, best practices
3. Model with Sruja - Show policies in architecture
4. Discuss Enforcement - How to ensure compliance
5. Address Trade-offs - Flexibility vs standards

Estimated Time

45-60 minutes

Checklist

• Understand policy syntax and usage
• Define security and compliance policies
• Model policies with Sruja
• Explain enforcement strategies