Framework design and strategy questions

The key middle-level differentiator — moving from "can write tests" to "can build systems". Typical design questions:

• "Build a framework from scratch — how?"
• "How would you manage a 1000-test suite?"
• "How do you measure automation success?"
• "How would you bring automation to a manual team?"

A universal answer framework:

• Context questions (always start!): product, team, current state, pain points
• Principles: the pyramid, lowest-level verification, CI-first, simple before complex
• A concrete plan: staged (smoke → regression → expansion)
• Measurement: which metrics will confirm success
• Risks: name what could go wrong yourself