Database Administrator
Posted Jun 9, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
Likely interview questions for this role
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About your past
Tell me about a production outage you handled. What did you learn?
What they are checking: Whether they stay calm, communicate and do a real post-incident review.
How do you explain a database design to someone who isn't technical?
What they are checking: Whether they can communicate complex data structures clearly, as the role requires.
What would you do
It's Friday afternoon and a developer wants to push a schema change straight to production. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they protect production with change control while still helping the developer.
This is a hybrid role. How do you split remote work and in-office collaboration?
What they are checking: Whether they can stay effective and reachable in a hybrid model.
About the work
Tell me about the SQL Server environments you've managed. How many databases and how large?
What they are checking: Whether their three to five years of DBA work matches the scale they would support here.
A key query has suddenly gotten slow. Walk me through how you'd find the cause.
What they are checking: Whether they troubleshoot with execution plans, waits, statistics and indexes in a logical order.
How do you design a backup and recovery plan, and how do you know it works?
What they are checking: Whether they test restores and set recovery goals instead of trusting backups blindly.
What do you monitor daily to keep uptime high?
What they are checking: Whether they watch the right signals like jobs, disk, blocking and errors before users notice.
How do you handle database security, like permissions and auditing?
What they are checking: Whether they follow least privilege and support security audits, as the posting mentions.
What scripts or automation have you built to cut down on manual DBA work?
What they are checking: Whether they automate repetitive tasks to reduce errors and free up time.
How do you approach high availability and disaster recovery for important databases?
What they are checking: Whether they understand options like Always On and log shipping and their tradeoffs.
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