Interview question regarding scalability of the application
I have had two different interviewers, in two different occasions, asking me one similar question.
What is the number of end users of the application?
I gave a rough figure to which the panel mocked and said it is very less.
In one case, it was ~ 100 to 200. But, that amount of data that was generated was huge and this has to run 24x7, 365 days. It could have been scaled up later but I was not part of it. Till the time I was involved in it, I was part of the coding team.
I do understand that different applications cater to different users and the numbers vary significantly based on the domain and also on the requirement. I could have been rejected based on this alone or many other factors.
I guess their main intention was to see if I can be a part of bigger applications.
My question is how should I answer such questions in a way that this won't be considered as a negative point.
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I have had two different interviewers, in two different occasions, asking me one similar question.
What is the number of end users of the application?
I gave a rough figure to which the panel mocked and said it is very less.
In one case, it was ~ 100 to 200. But, that amount of data that was generated was huge and this has to run 24x7, 365 days. It could have been scaled up later but I was not part of it. Till the time I was involved in it, I was part of the coding team.
I do understand that different applications cater to different users and the numbers vary significantly based on the domain and also on the requirement. I could have been rejected based on this alone or many other factors.
I guess their main intention was to see if I can be a part of bigger applications.
My question is how should I answer such questions in a way that this won't be considered as a negative point.
interviewing
asked 5 mins ago
WonderWoman
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I have had two different interviewers, in two different occasions, asking me one similar question.
What is the number of end users of the application?
I gave a rough figure to which the panel mocked and said it is very less.
In one case, it was ~ 100 to 200. But, that amount of data that was generated was huge and this has to run 24x7, 365 days. It could have been scaled up later but I was not part of it. Till the time I was involved in it, I was part of the coding team.
I do understand that different applications cater to different users and the numbers vary significantly based on the domain and also on the requirement. I could have been rejected based on this alone or many other factors.
I guess their main intention was to see if I can be a part of bigger applications.
My question is how should I answer such questions in a way that this won't be considered as a negative point.
interviewing
asked 5 mins ago
WonderWoman
1,1921618
I have had two different interviewers, in two different occasions, asking me one similar question.
What is the number of end users of the application?
I gave a rough figure to which the panel mocked and said it is very less.
In one case, it was ~ 100 to 200. But, that amount of data that was generated was huge and this has to run 24x7, 365 days. It could have been scaled up later but I was not part of it. Till the time I was involved in it, I was part of the coding team.
I do understand that different applications cater to different users and the numbers vary significantly based on the domain and also on the requirement. I could have been rejected based on this alone or many other factors.
I guess their main intention was to see if I can be a part of bigger applications.
My question is how should I answer such questions in a way that this won't be considered as a negative point.
interviewing
interviewing
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WonderWoman
1,1921618
asked 5 mins ago
WonderWoman
1,1921618
asked 5 mins ago
WonderWoman
1,1921618
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WonderWoman
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