Recovering From a Wrong Turn

1. The Moment, and What It Is Worth

Twenty minutes in, you notice it. The partition key you chose cannot serve the main query. The queue you added does not solve the problem you added it for. The consistency model you assumed does not hold for the operation the product needs.

Most candidates experience this as the interview going wrong. It is closer to the opposite.

**Finding a hole in your own design, and handling it well, is a stronger signal than never having one