Re: interview with Oracle

Ah, so you work for Microsoft then....
 all famous MS Interview questions.

 On 6/30/05, Dougie McGibbon <DMcGibbon_at_tollnz.co.nz> wrote:
>
> Not an Oracle interview, but for my current position as Sneior DBA, I was
> asked -
> Why are manhole covers round ?
> If you were transported back into the 14th century, how would you
> convince the pope that the Earth was round ?
> You are standing on a yacht sitting on a small lake, if you find a
> boulder on the deck of the yacht and roll it over the side into the water,
> what happens to the water level of the lake ?
> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* Goulet, Dick [mailto:DGoulet_at_vicr.com]
> *Sent:* Friday, July 01, 2005 8:25 AM
> *To:* bbellows_at_usg.com; MGogala_at_allegientsystems.com;
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> *Subject:* RE: interview with Oracle
>
> Yeah, they do. The question I got was "How would you transit a Black
> Hole?"
>
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>
> Well, everyone knows that.
> 1) It depends on the ethnicity of the swallow
> 2) What you get when you multiply six by eight
> 3) The shade of purple with the most vowels
> I'm sure they'll ask something a bit more arcane... but you always look
> on the bright side of life.
> Bambi.
>
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] *On Behalf Of *Gogala, Mladen
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> *Subject:* RE: interview with Oracle
>
> Yes it is. It is like Spanish Inquisition and nobody expects
> the Spanish Inquisition. They asked the following questions:
>
> 1) Air velocity of an unladen swallow.
> 2) The answer to the question of life, universe and everything.
> 3) The color of the database which takes the least amount of RAM.
>
> --
> Mladen Gogala
> Ext. 121
>
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> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:59 PM
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> Subject: interview with Oracle
>
> Hello all
>
> Someone I know has a graduate interview with Oracle. Has anyone else had
> the same , and if so, what sort of questions do they ask you? Is it any
> different than your normal interview?
>
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