Datavail Database Engineer Interview Questions
& Process
Real candidates share what happened, how many rounds they had,
and how the experience turned out.
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Candidate interview experiences
First-hand accounts from people who interviewed at Datavail.
Datavail
Database Administrator
Mid Average Negative experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Recruiter call Technical screen Technical screen Presentation Panel
Interview formats
Technical Technical Presentation Behavioral
The interview process included 5 rounds. There was a 2-hour interview with a VP, and two technical interviews which had an assessment test. The HR round was pretty straightforward. The technical interviews were intense, focusing on performance tuning and real application clusters.
Confirmed questions1 question
- Can you explain the purpose of a voting disk?
Datavail
Database Administrator
Entry Average Positive experience Accept offer 3 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Technical screen Recruiter call
Interview formats
Technical Behavioral
I applied for the SQL DBA ASSOCIATE ROLE and went through 3 rounds of interviews. The first round was technical and focused on basic questions. The second round was with the manager and a tier 3 person, also technical. Finally, there was an HR round.
Confirmed questions1 question
- They asked scenario-based questions covering all relevant topics.
Datavail
Database Administrator
Mid Difficult Positive experience Accept offer 5 rounds
Interview process
Technical screen Phone screen Technical screen Technical screen Panel Background check
Interview formats
Technical Technical Technical Technical Behavioral
First there was an aptitude test, then a telephonic interview. After that, we had a spoken language test called versant. Then came a technical round, followed by a managerial and HR interview.
Confirmed questions2 questions
- Could you explain what normalization is?
- What distinguishes the 'drop' command from the 'delete' command?
Datavail Database Engineer Interview Questions
Quoted word for word from Datavail interview reports.
“What distinguishes the 'drop' command from the 'delete' command?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the purpose of a voting disk?”
Read reports →“Can you explain the purpose of Undo tablespace and redo logs during instance recovery?”
Read reports →“Could you explain what normalization is?”
Read reports →“Can you discuss patching?”
Read report →Formats, difficulty and experience
Across all 7 Datavail interview reports.