Re: backup and recovery interview questions?

From: Guillermo Alan Bort <cicciuxdba_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 13:36:45 -0200
Message-ID: <172762180902040736h7e08c680o55356e7d091c58e_at_mail.gmail.com>



wait, you mean that you want a sociable DBA? come on! ;-)

I am a weird dba, since I started in 10g and then moved backward to 9i... as for keeping current, I participate un oracle forums, oracle-l and read a few blogs... however I know many good (great in fact) dbas that don't... it's true that I usually have a better understanding of *certain* features, but that doesn't make them bad dbas.

It is interesting, though, to see what other people look for in a dba... since I'm far from being the interviewer myself... still in the 'interviewee' stage of life ;-)

hth

Alan Bort
Oracle Certified Associate

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:25 PM, John Hallas <John.Hallas_at_morrisonsplc.co.uk> wrote:
> True Alan, but I like to see if a candidate has an interest in what is upcoming, even if he has not used it himself, maybe because of lack of opportunity.
>
> I get myself confused about what came along in previous versions so I wouldn't be too hard if a candidate was unaware of the same things.
>
> When interviewing my prime considerations are :-
>
> Will this person fit in, is he sociable, pleasant, reasonably literate and communicative.
> Has he a real interest in Oracle (evidenced by knowing about new features, blogs, books, Oracle-L lists etc)
> Does he give considered and sensible answers, even if they may be technical incorrect. I am never too specific on requiring exact syntax, I like to see that someone is thinking things through.
>
> Are his/her knowledge and CV in sync
>
> John
> www.jhdba.wordpress.com
>
>
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> Subject: Re: backup and recovery interview questions?
>
> Ohh, that's a good one... I would ask, however, what are the
> differences in rman between 10g and 9i, since it's more likely they
> will encounter these versions and not 11g in actual productive
> environments. Also, you can always train them in 11g (New Features for
> DBA) whereas training in 9i is harder.
>
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