Database Engineer Interview Questions

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Generally the technical questions are simple and more theoritical. For database engineers, basic query writings skills are tested, along with knowledge on RDBMS concepts, Oracle/SQL Server architecture, indexing, tuning and programming with PL/SQL or T-SQL
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Database Engineer

Interviewed at Honeywell

4.1
Jul 20, 2014

Generally the technical questions are simple and more theoritical. For database engineers, basic query writings skills are tested, along with knowledge on RDBMS concepts, Oracle/SQL Server architecture, indexing, tuning and programming with PL/SQL or T-SQL

Question about troubleshooting in Linux (how to fix problem with overloaded cpu, ram, disk), How to understand which process making problems. Some questions about iptables. About fixing problems with replication in MySQL.
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Mysql Database Administrator

Interviewed at Orion Innovation

3.8
Sep 24, 2025

Question about troubleshooting in Linux (how to fix problem with overloaded cpu, ram, disk), How to understand which process making problems. Some questions about iptables. About fixing problems with replication in MySQL.

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