Re: Oracle DBA interview
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 2013 16:32:10 +0200
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Dear All,
Thanks friends for your replies, so what you think, which is the best way to be prepared for this kind interview ?
On 1 June 2013 10:59, Manuela Atoui <manuelaout_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
> Dear Tiran, dear All,
>
> recently I had just the same situation. After a phone interview with some
> technical questions about regular DBA work (more like testing the concept)
> I got a face-to-face interview. They told me two sentences about the DB -
> not more - and then put me in front of a desktop PC with Windows 8 and OEM
> 12c. With both I had never worked before... ouch! Luckily the database
> server was on Linux and bash was my friend ;)
> I had one hour to give them an overall assessment about their database: a
> health check, find the top SQL queries, tell them about incidents during
> the last week, find out if there are any unindexed foreign keys and
> opinions on how to improve the system.
> It was really fun and I liked the way they tested my skills. It was a very
> practical approach, testing daily DBA work and the questions they asked
> were very client-centric. The type of questions you expect a project
> manager (non-DBA) to ask.
> They gave the interview situation some thoughts before, and so far it was
> the best candidate testing I've ever been through.
>
> Good luck with setting up the interview
>
> Manuela Atoui
>
>
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