Interview prompt
Problem context
A new risk classification derived from customer history will gate real-time transactions. Billions of existing entities need a value, source records change continuously, and the derivation algorithm will evolve. A stale or mixed result can incorrectly block customers or permit fraud.
Skills being evaluated
backfill protocolsversioned derivationdecision safetylarge-program coordination
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Clarify the decision
Establish scale assumptions
Functional and non-functional requirements
High-level architecture
Data model and flow
Consistency and transaction boundaries
Failure modes and recovery
Security and privacy
Observability and SLOs
Capacity and cost
Alternatives and trade-offs
Evolution and migration
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