Any good interview Questions to ask a sybase dba.

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Hi,

I am a java developer and i will be interviewing sybase dbas along with my boss. I know some basic stuff about sybase. Iam looking for good interview questions that i can ask for a sybase dba. they will be having a min of 4 years of experience. I am looking for them to have really good knowledge in performance and tuning related areas like how to measure database performance and suggest ways to improve database design or sybase configuration etc.

Help much appreciated.

BR

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