Technical · Difficulty 4/5

Microservices vs. monolith for a small team

A PM interview practice question for SENIOR, STAFF, PM-T candidates.

The prompt

A 12-engineer team is debating microservices vs. monolith for a new product. What is your role as PM in that conversation, and how do you frame the trade-off?

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Round: Technical
Target levels: SENIOR, STAFF, PM-T
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