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+company: SEB
+position: Data Architect
+applied-date: 2024-12
+status: rejected
+priority: high
+tags: [job-application, seb, data-architect]
+broker: TBD
+---
+
+# SEB - Data Architect
+
+## 📋 Overview
+**Job URL**: 
+**Broker**: (Check with Henrik)
+**Contact Person**: 
+**Applied**: December 2024
+**Interview**: Completed - did not go well
+**Status**: Waiting for final response
+
+## 🎯 Position Match Analysis
+### Requirements Match
+- **Technical Skills**: 8/10 - Strong database and architecture background
+- **Domain Knowledge**: 7/10 - Financial services experience
+- **Modern Data Terminology**: 4/10 - **This was the problem**
+- **Overall Fit**: 6/10
+
+### Key Requirements
+- [x] Database architecture expertise
+- [x] Financial services experience
+- [ ] Data Mesh understanding - **weak articulation**
+- [ ] Data Governance knowledge - **conceptual only**
+- [ ] Data Mart design - **not well communicated**
+
+### My Strengths for This Role
+1. 25+ years SQL Server expertise
+2. Financial services domain (TCM, AbaSec)
+3. Azure cloud architecture
+4. Integration architecture
+
+### Gaps That Hurt Me
+- **Terminology gap**: Understood concepts but couldn't articulate in modern "data architect lingo"
+- **Data Mesh**: Knew the concepts but couldn't discuss fluently
+- **Preparation**: Should have studied terminology more before interview
+
+## 💭 Interview Reflection
+
+### What Went Wrong
+- Struggled to articulate experience using modern data architecture terminology
+- Data Mesh, Data Governance concepts - I understand them but couldn't speak the language
+- Interviewer probably thought I lacked current knowledge
+- Should have prepared more on translating my experience to their vocabulary
+
+### What I Learned
+- **Critical lesson**: Technical ability ≠ Interview ability
+- Need to **study terminology** for data architect positions
+- My experience is relevant - I just need to **translate it**
+- Should have reviewed: Data Mesh, Data Fabric, Data Catalog, Data Governance frameworks
+
+### If I Could Do It Again
+1. Study modern data architecture terminology for 1-2 weeks
+2. Practice translating my projects into Data Mesh concepts
+3. Prepare examples of data governance from TCM work
+4. Map my AbasecGateway work to modern patterns
+
+## 🎓 Action Items for Future Similar Roles
+- [ ] Complete Data Mesh learning module
+- [ ] Study Data Governance frameworks
+- [ ] Create translation guide: My experience → Modern terms
+- [ ] Practice interview answers with new terminology
+- [ ] Create "SEB post-mortem learning note"
+
+## 🔗 Related
+- Learning needed: [[Data Mesh]], [[Data Governance]], [[Modern Data Architecture Terminology]]
+- Similar roles: Watch for more Data Architect positions
+- Profile: [[Data Architect Profile]] - needs update with terminology