Advanced Database Systems
(field of studies: Computer Science)

1. A database query that used to run instantly now takes several minutes as the data has grown. What do you do?

2. You need to design a database for a booking system used by thousands of people at once. What do you focus on?

3. How do you choose between a relational and a non-relational (NoSQL) database?

4. In class you analyse technical documentation and research papers in English, and you work in teams with people from different countries. How do you feel about that?

5. A company wants its database to stay up even if one of its data centres fails. What interests you about this?

6. You discover that an application passes user input straight into an SQL query. How do you react?

7. What experience of databases do you bring from your Bachelor’s or from work?

8. Are you curious about how a database works under the hood – how it stores data on disk, caches it and manages transactions?

9. The analytics team complains that their reports are slowing down the customer-facing system. What do you suggest?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Advanced Database Systems?