DevOps/CloudDatabasesTable-stakesAround since 2011
Cloud SQL
Also written as Google Cloud SQL
GCP's managed relational database service — Google's direct equivalent to AWS RDS or Azure SQL Database.
Think of it like
Like Google's own property management company, maintaining the database so you don't have to patch and back it up yourself.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Hasn't thought about what Cloud SQL was doing for them automatically.
Senior sounds like
Can name what they'd have had to manage themselves running their own database server.
Ask them
“What did Cloud SQL handle for you automatically that you'd have had to manage yourself running your own database server?”