Interview Questions/Behavioral & Leadership/Responding to a Data-Loss Near Miss
AdvancedBehavioral
6 min

Responding to a Data-Loss Near Miss

ReliabilityBackupsRisk Management
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Interview Question

Tell me about a time you discovered a near-miss that could have caused data loss. How did you handle it and what changed?

Key Points to Cover
  • Explains detection and mitigation steps
  • Verifies backups and recovery processes
  • Implements guardrails and automation
  • Reduces risk long-term
Evaluation Rubric
Explains detection steps30% weight
Verifies recovery procedures30% weight
Adds safety guardrails20% weight
Builds risk-aware culture20% weight
Hints
  • 💡Think: restore drills, immutability, backups.
Potential Follow-up Questions
  • What metrics do you track now?
  • How often do you test restores?
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