Hi, I’m [YOUR_NAME], and I’m a [YOUR_TITLE] at [COMPANY_NAME]. I’m excited to learn more about your experience today.

Could you briefly introduce yourself and share what attracted you to apply for this position?

Great, thank you for sharing! In the next 50 minutes, we’ll focus on a problem-solving challenge related to database administration.

Challenge: You are tasked with optimizing a slow-running query in a production database. The query involves multiple joins and aggregations on large tables. How would you approach diagnosing and resolving the performance issue?

If you had more time, what additional steps would you take to ensure the query remains optimized over time?

Great job on the problem-solving challenge!

Do you have any questions for me about the team or the company?

Thank you for your time today. We’ll be in touch soon regarding the next steps.