Software Architecture: Interview Questions

by Shivprasad Koirala, Sham Sheikh

If you are looking for an architecture job role then this is the book. It concentrates on technical and non-technical points to be looked out when you are looking for architecture role. We are sure this will be the only friend during your success and failures while searching an architecture level job.This book starts with basic architecture interview questions and the covers OOP, UML, Design Patterns, SOA, load balancing and Estimation sections.Design patterns is one the most asked section when you go for an architect position. A complete chapter with 30 patterns does full justice to this section. We have also shipped sample code for all 30 design patterns.Design document is one of the biggest deliverable from a technical architect. No design document is complete with out UML diagrams and no technical architect interview will be complete with out UML. A complete chapter on UML diagrams will upgrade you in few hours to face any kind of UML questions.SOA is of the popular section in every architect interview. A dedicated chapter on SOA covering ESB, WS -, Governance etc does full justice to this section.A technical architect is not supposed to handle project management activities in ideal world, but he will always be a part of the estimation section of the project during project proposal. Nice and sweet chapter on estimation covering function points, use case points and COCOMO does full justice to the estimation section.Even though OOP is basic many architects fail to answer them. It s mandatory that a technical architect should be able to answer all OOP interview questions. We have dedicated a complete chapter for OOP which covers the most asked question in OOP.The best part of the book is other than technical aspect it also covers points regarding salary negotiation, salary break ups according to industry standards, resume making (with a sample resume), interview rating sheet, salary standards and common IT HR questions for technical architects.It includes sample code in C No. for all design patterns, and interview rating sheet to judge yourself - keep practicing until your are confident. In the CD we have given a simple excel sheet 'Salary Calculation.zls' which can help you extract the on-hand component from your salary slip. It features the enterprise architect tool which will help you in using UML to a great extent. We have shipped a trial version. We have shipped a free Estimation book in 'Quotation PSF CD Data' folder, this e-book will be give you exdtra confience while doing estimation. It also includes a sample resume which you can use to make your resume instantly.

198 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2008