oh it was great... cause as he realized that I was the person from the
list, he started speaking slower and slower...
What I'd love just once, is to walk into an office for an interview and
see one of my books on the bookshelf. I figure that would make that
interview a "gimme"
- "Mercadante, Thomas F" <NDATFM_at_labor.state.ny.us> wrote:
> Rachel,
>
> now THAT must have been funny as all hell!
>
> Tom Mercadante
> Oracle Certified Professional
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 3:29 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> "and if Rachel were to become a Nun"???? My mother would start
> sitting
> shiva, because as far as she would be concerned, I'd have died :)
>
> I did love the interview I gave once:
>
> Me: Okay, so last few questions. How do you learn about Oracle?
> Interviewee: Oh, I read the manuals, read the Oracle-l (I can see the
> light dawning) you're ...... Rachel Carmichael
>
>
>
>
> --- "Freeman, Robert" <Robert_Freeman_at_csx.com> wrote:
> > The interview (exerpts from some of my actual ones, and then some
> > made up)
> >
> > We are in my cube. I've studied the resume for Mr. Morias, who is a
> > Portuguese national who's degree is from University who's name I
> > can't
> > pronounce and who's credentials I can't verify. He is a brand new
> > OCP.
> >
> > Me: Good day Mr. (looks again at resume, I have a short term
> memory)
> > Morias.
> >
> > Interviewee: Oi ai senhor, esta bom encontraa-lo.
> >
> > Me: Sir, I didn't understand you, please try again..
> >
> > Interviewee: Sorry sir, I forget I need speak English. Good day
> sir.
> >
> > Me: So, let's start our interview, shall we. Tell me what a
> rollback
> > segment
> > is please.
> >
> > Interviewee: It is the method by which Oracle database store all
> > database
> > changes. It is used during recovery.
> >
> > Me: (Figuring we have made a Jr. DBA type mistake here) Ok... and
> > tell me
> > about a redo log.
> >
> > Interviewee: It used to provide consistent image to database users.
> > Oracle
> > has automated redo in Oracle9i.
> >
> > Me: Are you sure that you don't have these kind of turned around?
> > Redo logs
> > are used for recovery, rollback segments are used for read
> > consistency.
> >
> > Interviewee: No, you are mistaken, I know it is as I described.
> I've
> > been a
> > DBA for 10 years, I know what I am doing.
> >
> > Me: Ok... so, when you have a problem with a database, what do you
> do
> > to
> > solve the problem?
> >
> > Interviewee: I go to ORACLE-L and ask Rachel, she know everything.
> >
> > Me: And if she is on vacation or not responding to questions?
> >
> > Interviewee: I wait for Rachel to return.
> >
> > Me: And if Rachel were to become a Nun and never grace ORACLE-L
> > again?
> >
> > Interviewee: I check out Lazy DBA, Mike Ault is there.
> >
> > Me: AND if the Internet were unavailable?
> >
> > Interviewee: (thinks for a second) I call Oracle?
> >
> > Me: What about the manuals?
> >
> > Interviewee: Oracle has Manuals? I've never seen them.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Robert G. Freeman - Oracle OCP
> > Oracle Database Architect
> > CSX Midtier Database Administration
> > Author
> > Oracle9i RMAN Backup and Recovery (Oracle Press - Oct 2002)
> > Oracle9i New Features (Oracle Press)
> > Mastering Oracle8i (Sybex)
> >
> > Clark Griswold: Eddie, has anyone ever told you that you're bad
> luck?
> > Cousin Eddie: Those were my mother's dying words. But I
> > guess if your body's covered in third degree burns, and
> > your foot's caught in a bear trap, you tend to start talkin'
> > crazy.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 1:54 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> >
> >
> > you can see how often I use the GUI :)
> >
> > OBTW.. for those of you who are OEM fans... I heard a rumor (from a
> > fairly well-informed, usually accurate source) that Oracle's
> changing
> > it all again.
> >
> > T
> > --- April Wells <awells_at_csedge.com> wrote:
> > > IT'S NOT a radio button... It is a regular CLICKY button.... geez
>
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > Sent: Monday, July 22, 2002 10:24 AM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > >
> > >
> > > Good rant. :)
> > >
> > > I sympathize. The answer I get more and more is "I click on this
> > item
> > > on the GUI..." (I didn't ask you that, I asked you the theory
> > behind
> > > that little radio button)
> > >
> > >
> > > --- mkb <mkb125_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > Ok, I need to vent a little.
> > > >
> > > > Last week, I was asked to do some tech interviews over
> > > > the phones for a mid level DBA position. Someone with
> > > > about 2-3 years experience.
> > > >
> > > > I don't consider myself a real smart DBA, nor do I
> > > > think that I ask particularly tough questions. The
> > > > questions that I ask potential candidates are soley
> > > > based on what is on the resume. So I figure if
> > > > someone has, say, hot backups or SQL tuning on their
> > > > resumes, I'd expect them to be able to hold a fairly
> > > > intelligent conversation about these topics. No such
> > > > luck!
> > > >
> > > > What really frustrated me, and what I really want to
> > > > get out of my system, is that nobody that I talked to,
> > > > had a real good concept of hot backups. Forget about
> > > > recovery. I asked each and every candidate who
> > > > claimed to have done hot backups, just give me a high
> > > > level overview of how you do a hot backup. Don't care
> > > > about syntax, just give me the mechanics. The answers
> > > > I got were completely off base, baffling and
> > > > frustrating. Some of these folks claimed to have 5
> > > > years experience!!!
> > > >
> > > > 'Well, we use scripts to do these, so I'm not sure how
> > > > these are done...' (But it says on your resume you've
> > > > done this???)
> > > >
> > > > 'Oh, I take the tablespace offline, and copy the
> > > > datafile to tape...' (Unless I'm mistaken, that's not
> > > > how a hot backup is done, right?)
> > > >
> > > > 'Well, I use the export utility, and as the backup
> > > > starts, it is written to the dump file.' (Huh? What?)
> > > >
> > > > 'During this time, everything is written to the redo
> > > > logs and not to the tablespace...' (You've been
> > > > reading one of those books, haven't you?)
> > > >
> > > > I also asked them how they'd put a tablespace in
> > > > backup mode. Simple enough, right? Not one of them
> > > > got it right. Not even close. Didn't have clue as to
> > > > what I was talking about. Fair enough, you don't
> > > > know. Well how about a simple recovery scenario. I
> > > > asked every candidate how they would do an online
> > > > recover of a datafile while the database was still in
> > > > use. No ideas. Not even close.
> > > >
> > > > I dunno, perhaps I'm spoilt by being a member of this
>
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