Senior Software Engineer Mock Interview

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Question 15 of 47

Please walk me through the process you use to decide between two technologies when both will get the job done.

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The purpose behind this question is twofold. The first is to demonstrate your communication skills and your ability and persuade an audience into agreeing with your decision or recommendation. The second is to understand whether you would be a good culture fit within the organization and your approach to collaborating with the rest of the team. The interviewer may ask this question in a different format using a specific scenario, such as choosing between hosting an application in-house or with a web service provider such as AWS.

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