Architecture and leadership interview questions

Status: Seed list. Questions should expose decisions, trade-offs, and revision triggers.

• When does a repository add value over Eloquent?
• How would you find a module boundary inside a growing Laravel monolith?
• When would you extract a service from that monolith?
• Explain an abstraction you removed because its cost exceeded its value.
• Resolve disagreement over a service/repository layer in code review.
• Describe a safe migration from an older PHP or Laravel baseline.
• How do you distinguish blocking review feedback from a preference?
• Describe an incident response from detection through follow-up.