How do you perform a thorough code review?

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This task evaluates a candidate's code-review proficiency across security, correctness, data modeling, concurrency, reliability, and maintainability when inspecting Python backend and SQL-based database code, and is categorized under Software Engineering Fundamentals.

How do you perform a thorough code review?

Company: Salesforce

Role: Software Engineer

Category: Software Engineering Fundamentals

Difficulty: hard

Interview Round: Online Assessment

You are given several Python backend files to review (treat this as an “OA in code-review format”). The code performs database operations such as SQL INSERTs and SELECT queries. Your task: 1) Write at least 10 code-review comments, each focusing on a different area (security, correctness, data modeling, concurrency, reliability, maintainability, etc.). 2) Identify likely issues such as: - Hard-coded secrets/credentials - Problems in the SQL schema/design - Race conditions or missing transactional safeguards 3) For each issue you raise, propose a concrete fix or improvement (code change, schema change, configuration change, or testing/monitoring addition). Assume you cannot run the code; you must review it from reading only.

Overview: This task evaluates a candidate's code-review proficiency across security, correctness, data modeling, concurrency, reliability, and maintainability when inspecting Python backend and SQL-based database code, and is categorized under Software Engineering Fundamentals.

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You are given several Python backend files to review (treat this as an “OA in code-review format”). The code performs database operations such as SQL INSERTs and SELECT queries.

Your task:

  1. Write at least 10 code-review comments, each focusing on a different area (security, correctness, data modeling, concurrency, reliability, maintainability, etc.).
  2. Identify likely issues such as:
    • Hard-coded secrets/credentials
    • Problems in the SQL schema/design
    • Race conditions or missing transactional safeguards
  3. For each issue you raise, propose a concrete fix or improvement (code change, schema change, configuration change, or testing/monitoring addition).

Assume you cannot run the code; you must review it from reading only.

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