If you are SQL DBA and if you faced any SQL DBA interview in your career, I am 99% sure that Interviewer had asked this question like “How to get the SQL Server version information.”
Most of you guys are thinking a common answer like answer is: "SELECT @@VERSION"

Yes, this is a correct answer, but you can add "EXEC xp_msver" in your reply which will add more value because using xp_msver you can get detail information of your SQL Server like version, language, memory, product name, file version and much more.

Since the beginning of SQL Server, a xp_msver is available, and it is also easy to remember the name of this stored procedure so you can add in your answer.

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Check the below sample result of xp_msver:

Index  Name                             Internal_Value Character_Value
------ -------------------------------- -------------- ----------------------------------------------------------
1      ProductName                      NULL           Microsoft SQL Server
2      ProductVersion                   851968         13.0.1400.361
3      Language                         1033           English (United States)
4      Platform                         NULL           NT x64
5      Comments                         NULL           SQL
6      CompanyName                      NULL           Microsoft Corporation
7      FileDescription                  NULL           SQL Server Windows NT - 64 Bit
8      FileVersion                      NULL           2015.0130.1400.361 ((SQL_Main).160409-0127)
9      InternalName                     NULL           SQLSERVR
10     LegalCopyright                   NULL           Microsoft Corp. All rights reserved.
11     LegalTrademarks                  NULL           Microsoft SQL Server is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
12     OriginalFilename                 NULL           SQLSERVR.EXE
13     PrivateBuild                     NULL           NULL
14     SpecialBuild                     91750761       NULL
15     WindowsVersion                   91750761       6.3 (9600)
16     ProcessorCount                   1              1
17     ProcessorActiveMask              NULL                          1
18     ProcessorType                    8664           NULL
19     PhysicalMemory                   16383          16383 (17179336704)
20     Product ID                       NULL           NULL