Glossary
Definitions for recurring senior-interview and engineering terms.
Definitions for recurring senior-interview and engineering terms.
Idempotency
An operation is idempotent when applying the same intended request more than once has the same externally meaningful effect as applying it once. …
Service-Level Objective (SLO)
A service-level objective (SLO) is a target for the acceptable performance or reliability of a service-level indicator over a defined measurement …
Readiness Gate
A readiness gate is a predeclared evidence threshold that must be met before advancing to a higher-risk activity. It converts a vague feeling of …
Candidate Signal
A candidate signal is observable evidence from an interview interaction that supports or weakens a job-relevant inference. The signal is the behavior …
Trade-off
A trade-off is a choice in which improving one valued property changes the cost, risk, or quality of another. It is not a ritual phrase meaning “every …
False Negative
A false negative occurs when a test, detector, review, or decision process reports no relevant condition even though the condition is present. A …