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It doesn't matter. The answer should be "It depends, what are the circumstances - do we expect high growth in the future? Is it gonna stay around 6TB? How and b
by valenterry 2y ago
It doesn't matter. The answer should be "It depends, what are the circumstances - do we expect high growth in the future? Is it gonna stay around 6TB? How and by whom will it be used and what for?"
Or, if you can guess what the interviewer is aiming for, state the assumption and go from there "If we assume it's gonna stay at <10TB for the next couple of years or even longer, then..."
Then the interviewer can interrupt and change the assumptions to his needs.
- tekknik 2y agoThe interview question made it clear it was a maximum of 6TiB. With this, one can assume it’s not growing yet still think the interviewer either doesn’t know this isn’t big data or that they want to test their knowledge.
- valenterry 2y agoFrom what the comment tells, the interview question said that the maximum IS 6TiB. There was no further information given, so I assume it didn't make any assumptions about how it might change. Even if it would say "it will stay at 6TiB" I would probably prefer a senior candidate to briefly question it, such as "It is surprising that we know it will stay at 6TiB and if this were a real project I'd try to at least sanitycheck that this requirement is really correct, but for now I'll assume this is a given..." At least if, as the interviewer, I told them to treat the challenge similar to a real request/project and not to not-question the given numbers etc.