Should We Be Multi-Cloud?
The board wants a multi-cloud strategy to avoid lock-in and improve reliability. How do you respond?
Practical scenario
After a competitor's provider outage made the news, the board asks for a multi-cloud strategy. The current estate is single-region, has a single-zone NAT gateway, and has never rehearsed a database restore.
What it tests
Answer it out loud first. The guide below stays closed until you ask for it, on purpose.
- Whether the candidate distinguishes the several things "multi-cloud" can mean
- Whether they can price the complexity honestly
- Whether they can propose the cheaper mitigations for the real concerns
Reading a strong answer is not the same as producing one. Commit to what you would say, then compare.