How would you answer an interview scenario involving hooks in Helm?

For an interview scenario involving hooks, I would first clarify the business goal, scale, constraints, and the failure or quality attribute the interviewer wants to explore. Helm hooks run Kubernetes resources at specific release lifecycle points such as pre-install or post-upgrade. In this scenario, you need to run a database migration before new pods serve traffic. Explain whether and how you would use a hook. For production, keep hooks idempotent, set deletion policies, use timeouts, surface failures, and avoid unnecessary lifecycle magic. I would then explain the main alternatives and tradeoffs, identify likely failure modes, and describe how I would validate the solution through testing, observability, security controls, and recovery or rollback planning.