What trends do you see coming in the next 3 year

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What trends do you see coming in the next 3 years that will impact your role the most?

This is along the same lines as “how do you stay current”, but I think it is better because it gives me some insight into how the candidate can ascertain the costs, benefits, and risks in their role as a DBA. It’s too easy to make up answers about how you stay current. It’s harder to offer insight into industry trends. Doing show shows vision and creative thinking.

This is also your opportunity to see how well the candidate reacts to new things. A good DBA must be flexible to new ideas and concepts. If you find someone too rigid in their thinking then consider that a red flag. You want a DBA that leans more to the “we can do that, and here’s what it will take, and here’s the risk” versus the “never touch that thing over there because I’m afraid of change”.

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