• Jeff Moden (10/29/2012)For all those who would use such a thing... Caveat Emptor!

    And while you're studying such canned answers, be advised that a lot of us don't ask canned questions on interviews especially for senior positions.

    As correct as your response is, and I agree with it completely, the reality for many DBA position interviews is that they often begin with interviewers' pet questions about obscure facts and/or T-SQL coding examples. My experiences are that challenging interviewers as to why they think that some bit of trivia is important and/or useful usually backfires. They don't appreciate being asked to explain themselves.

    So, for dealing with reality, no matter how inappropriate it is, it doesn't hurt to try to be prepared for the inane questions that some interviewers think are important.