Re: Questions for a Jr. DBA

From: Subodh Deshpande <deshpande.subodh_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 12:01:11 +0530
Message-ID: <AANLkTimhqYsaMMSKrjkTmmENgU1C1tMdg3bJiz+EdRu5_at_mail.gmail.com>

yes, unless one being humorous on himself/herself he/she will not learn and enjoy the work..:)..subodh

On 7 February 2011 11:43, Sheldon Quinny <sheldonquinny_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> The Only Attitude that important in a DBA team or in your team members
> would be of
> 1) Being Patient about the situation {NO NEED TO PANIC}.
> 2) Have Troubleshooting & Resolving ablity.
> 3) Should have a sense of humor in everything :).
>
>
> After reading all this the next guy whoes going to sit in front of Mr Alan
> would really say , that he just pick the wrong day for the interview hehe..
>
> All the best to it..
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Subodh Deshpande <
> deshpande.subodh_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Alan,
>>
>> it is really an interesting question..you are saying you want a team
>> member...unfortunately many do not understand dba is/has to be a team
>> member..many are of the opnion that just take a dip or force some one to
>> take a dip in a tank called as dba training, as soon as he/she came out of
>> the tank he/she will be more colorful dba !!!
>>
>> technical questions/knowldege matters..which can be shaped/shrpened
>> further..provided a dba attitude exists..
>> so what is your need basically..present days are of outsourcing...hence
>> some of the times he/she may have to work remotely..so how much you can
>> dependent on him/her..without changing him/her..you have to get work done
>> from him/her..
>>
>> recently I read the book 'How to be organised in spite of
>> yourself'..penguin books usa..authors sunny schlenger, roberta roesch..it
>> gave me a different way of looking..habbits, attitude, attribute,
>> characterstics does matters..
>>
>> thanks..subodh
>>
>> On 7 February 2011 04:36, Guillermo Alan Bort <cicciuxdba_at_gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> So, I am in the process of reviewing resumes from several JR and SSR
>>> candidates for the team. The question I came up with is, what kind of
>>> questions (technical) should I ask during the interview. I can't use the
>>> same questions I'd use with a Sr. DBA.
>>>
>>> The questions i've come up with so far are the following:
>>> 1. Difference between EXTENT and BLOCK
>>> 2. Difference between USER and ROLE. When would you use each?
>>> 3. Command to extend a Tablespace (tricky question? should it be
>>> datafile?)
>>> 4. Command to backup controlfiles (all you can think of)
>>> 5. Steps to switch archivelog on or off.
>>> 6. Minimum requirements in order to take a level 1 online backup (tricky
>>> question?)
>>> 7. What are the minimum required files to be backed up in order to be
>>> able to recreate the database from scratch in the event of complete media
>>> failure?
>>>
>>> I may come up with more, but that's what I have so far...
>>>
>>> thanks in advance
>>> Alan.-
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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