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Clarify business and non-functional requirements
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Kubernetes & AKS Academy · Interactive Interview Simulator
Cloud Architect Simulation
Practise requirements discovery, trade-off analysis and architecture defence.
Objective: Demonstrate structured cloud architecture reasoning under interview conditions.
Practical guidance
Plan and design
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State assumptions and constraints
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Prioritise security, resilience, cost and operability
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Build and validate
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Present a target architecture
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Explain alternatives and trade-offs
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03
Respond to failure and scale challenges
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Evidence and review
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Summarise decisions concisely
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02
Record gaps for further study
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03
Score clarity, depth and evidence
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