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The architect question

For architect roles, someone will ask whether your title and years match the level.

On your resume

Senior Generative AI Engineer and GenAI Solutions Architect with 6+ years of experience delivering production AI, machine learning, data, and cloud platforms.

Cross-questions

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A strong answer covers
  • Point to architecture you owned: NFRs, reference architectures, design reviews and decisions others built on.
  • Back it up with outcomes, and with the bar you set as an A3-level interviewer.
  • Offer to prove it in the design round.
Avoid

Arguing about titles or inflating your scope.

A strong answer covers
  • What you assumed, what the data showed, how you changed course, and what you do differently now.
Avoid

A fake weakness.

A strong answer covers
  • Quality on the client’s own eval set, latency, cost per request, data residency and compliance, context length, tool-use quality, and availability on their cloud (Bedrock, Vertex or Azure).
  • Keep switching cheap by putting a gateway in front.
Avoid

Picking a favorite model without criteria.

Your numbers

Interviewers probe numbers first. Write exact values so you never have to improvise.

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