Tell me about your education relating to database management?
This is a typical opening question during an interview. The interviewer will ask you a general question about your background to begin the conversation, learn more about you, and collect some information they can use for other questions during the interview. Questions of this nature provide you the opportunity to guide the interview in a direction with which you are comfortable and prepared.
"My formal education and subsequent studies have prepared me for a career in database management. As an undergraduate, I majored in computer science, exploring all the various disciplines within the field. I opted for database management because it was suited for my skills, incorporated several aspects of IT operations, and is at the core of how information technology is used to manage a business. It is also a practice that virtually every organization uses, so it provides me with career security."
