.NET interview questions :- Can you explain architecture of your project ?

Answer:

This is normally the first .NET interview question which pops up in .NET and C# interviews. Personally i think your full .NET interview ahead depends on how you will answer this question.

Common mistakes :- Many developers make a common mistake of answering this question by saying that we have used C# , SQL server , ASP.NET etc. But please do note that the question is, what is the architecture of your project and not technology.

So a typical answer will be something as below. Please note your answer will vary as per your architecture and structure.

"My current architecture is a simple 3 tier architecture with UI in ASP.NET , middle layer are simple .NET classes and DAL is using enterprise application blocks.
The UI is responsible to take user inputs , all my business validations are centrally located in middle layer and the data access layer is responsible to execute stored procedured and SQL queries to SQL Server.

Strongly typed business objects are used to pass data from one layer to other layer. The database of the project is in a 3rd normal form."

So first start with the overall architecture , talk about each layer , how data is passed between each layer and the database design structure.

One very important tip if you can draw a diagram and explain....I think you have the job.

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Whats a good career Project Manager or Architecture ?

Technical is what i like to eat and breath. Growing technically is what i love. Here are some views from my personal point :-

-- Architecture is a good career but there are no official positions for the same. I mean a senior technical person probably , the team lead himself designs the architecture.

-- Architecture always come under the project managers.

-- Project managers are always paid more than the architecture.

But here are some +VE points

-- You can always jump from Architecture to pure Project management , vice versa jump is difficult.

-- There are less architectures and more project managers so you will never have job crunch. That's a different thing there is no architecture positions officially.

If you love technical then Architecture is good thing to opt for. The only bad point about this position is because you know lot of things , you can be over burdened by work. Second you should also be ready for less package than project managers.

The best thing about architecture is Project managers have to face lot of politics while Architectures do not. When i am doing some technically i forget the company politics. That makes my life better when i go home. I am sure many architectures are happy doing technical , while many project managers are burning inside with company politics. Probably that's what the price you pay for the extra money.