How do you move a .NET Framework MVC app toward ASP.NET Core?
PICTURE THIS: A REST CALL
Simple meaning
Inventory dependencies, port project files, replace HttpModules with middleware, and test auth.
WHY — Migration instead of guessing?
Why interviewers care about Migration:
question about Migration.
trade-offs, and what you would actually do on a .NET MVC project - not buzzwords.
Name the idea, why it exists, then one short example.
End with when you use it and one common pitfall.
STEPS — What happens step by step?
Before you speak the answer, walk the interviewer through these steps:
- 1Inventory dependencies, port project
files, replace HttpModules with middleware, and test auth.
- 2Why it exists
Big bang rewrites fail
- 3How it works
strangler steps work better.
- 4Close with when you
would choose this approach on a real task.
- 5Common mistake
What juniors usually get wrong.
- 6Close
When you pick this over the alternative.
EXAMPLE — See it in action
Here's a short line you can speak, broken into clear beats:
Note: Adapt this scaffold to your own project — keep it under 60–90 seconds.
Key takeaway
Inventory dependencies, port project files, replace HttpModules with middleware, and test auth. Big bang rewrites fail