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SQL Server Interview Questions

The document lists the top 10 interview questions that SQL Server developers should prepare for. The questions cover topics such as dynamic management views, temp tables, indexes, transactions, database consistency checker commands, query execution plans, and default SQL Server ports. Understanding the answers to these common questions is important for demonstrating competence in SQL Server development to potential employers.

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SQL Server Interview Questions

The document lists the top 10 interview questions that SQL Server developers should prepare for. The questions cover topics such as dynamic management views, temp tables, indexes, transactions, database consistency checker commands, query execution plans, and default SQL Server ports. Understanding the answers to these common questions is important for demonstrating competence in SQL Server development to potential employers.

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SQL Server Interview Questions: 10 Questions You Should Be Prepared For Interview

It’s no secret that SQL Server Developer jobs are in high demand. In
fact, according to a recent study database careers represent some of the
most stable careers in tech. If you’ve been pursuing a career in SQL Server
development, and you made it to the first interview, congratulations! But
now you actually have to make it through the first interview in the hiring
process.

What kinds of questions will the


interviewer ask?
It’s important to understand the nature of the questions you’ll be asked.
Odds are the interviewer isn’t going to be asking you many soft-ball
questions. If they’re going to trust you with developing their massive SQL
Server database then they need to know you’re not just competent, but that
you know what you’re talking about.

Top 10 Interview Questions for SQL


Server Developers
1. What are DMVs? - Dynamic Management Views (DMVs), are
functions that give you information on the state of the server.
DMVs, for the most part, are used to monitor the health of a
server. They really just give you a snapshot of what’s going on
inside the server. They let you monitor the health of a server
instance, troubleshoot major problems and tune the server to
increase performance.
2. Define a temp table - In a nutshell, a temp table is a
temporary storage structure. What does that mean? Basically,
you can use a temp table to store data temporarily so you can
manipulate and change it before it reaches its destination
format.
3. What’s the difference between a local  temp table and a
global temp table? - Local tables are accessible to a current
user connected to the server. These tables disappear once the
user has disconnected from the server. Global temp tables, on
the other hand, are available to all users regardless of the
connection. These tables stay active until all the global
connections are closed.
4. How do you use transactions? - In general, there are three
types of transactions that you can use in the SQL Server
environment: BEGIN TRANSACTION, ROLL BACK TRANSACTION
and COMMIT TRANSACTION. The gist behind deploying
transactions is that they allow you to group multiple SQL
commands into a single unit. From there, each transaction
begins with a certain task, and ends when all the tasks within
the transaction are complete. BEGIN TRANSACTION gets the
ball rolling. ROLLBACK TRANSACTION functions a lot like an
“undo” command, and COMMIT TRANSACTION completes all of
the tasks within that transaction.
5. What’s the difference between a clustered and a non-
clustered index? - A clustered index directly affects the way
tabled data is stored on a specific disk. This means that when a
clustered index is used, data is stored in sequential rows based
on the index column value. This is why a table can only contain
a single clustered index. Non-clustered indexes directly affect
the way physical data is stored and managed within SQL Server.
6. What are DBCC commands? - In very basic terms the Database
Consistency Checker (DBCC) is used to aid in server
maintenance. DBCC commands, many of which are completely
undocumented, provide a set of commands that let you
perform routing maintenance, status and validation checks. The
most common DBCC commands are: DBCC CHECKALLOC (Lets
you check disk allocation); DBCC OPENTRAN (Lets you check
any open transactions); and DBCC HELP (shows a list of
available DBCC commands to aid your server maintenance
processes).
7. Describe the difference between truncate and delete - The
difference between these two processes is fairly simple.
Truncate means to simply empty out a table. On the other
hand, the delete command lets you delete entire rows from
within a table, but not all of the data within that table.
8. What is a view? - A view is simply a virtual table that is made
up of elements of multiple physical or “real” tables. Views are
most commonly used to join multiple tables together, or control
access to any tables existing in background server processes.
9. What is a Query Execution Plan? - SQL Server has several
built-in tools that optimize how queries are executed within
their databases. A query execution plan is exactly what it
sounds like – a snapshot of how the optimizing tools will
execute and deploy specific queries within the database. This
service helps you troubleshoot problems with jobs that don’t
necessarily execute perfectly.
10. What is the default port number for SQL Server? - While
this is kind of a softball question – if you know anything about
SQL Server you should at least know the basic configuration
options – it’s an important one to nail in the interview. Basically,
when SQL Server is enabled the server instant listens to the TCP
port 1433.

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