Interview question that's been bugging me.

[asim18]

"If you modified something in a database and noticed a few weeks down the line that someone had fiddled with it and had broken it, what would you do?".

In the heat of the interview, I got confused whether she meant intentional sabotage or spontaneous data corruption.

So I replied "I'd tell my manager and work with them to figure out who did it". She replied with a massive grin "That's exactly the answer I was looking for "

Now I'm thinking she meant that sarcastically and she thought I was a right pillock?

 

[asim18]

The database & that "someone".

 

[asim18]

In hindsight, my other answer would have been "The first thing I'd do is check the validation. In my experience it's the most popular cause of database errors." Or something to that effect.