The search team uses the completed brief to separate adjacent familiarity from work the candidate owned. Each interviewer should use the same scenario, record the evidence provided, and score the answer against the responsibilities agreed during intake.
Software Architect: Role-specific scope
Screened for system boundaries, architecture decisions, integration patterns, quality attributes, technical governance, migration plans, and delivery constraints, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Architecture Decisions, Domain Modeling, Integration Patterns. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Define the systems, delivery stage, operating boundary, and ownership expected from the Software Architect
Solution Architect: Ownership checkpoints
Screened for system boundaries, architecture decisions, integration patterns, quality attributes, technical governance, migration plans, and delivery constraints, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving system boundaries, architecture decisions, integration patterns. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Screen candidates for evidence of system boundaries, architecture decisions, integration patterns, quality attributes, technical governance, migration plans, and delivery constraints
Application Architect: Adjacent role boundaries
Screened for system boundaries, architecture decisions, integration patterns, quality attributes, technical governance, migration plans, and delivery constraints, with the boundary set by the employer's systems, delivery stage, and operating model.
Interview prompt: Ask for one decision involving Software Architect, Solution Architect, Application Architect. Record the constraint, what the candidate owned, and the evidence used to evaluate the result.
Brief alignment: Separate direct delivery experience from adjacent product, project, or consulting exposure