Bob Manieri wrote:
>
> Marc Baime wrote:
> >
> > >In article <3394E27F.241D_at_ntsource.com>, Frank Hubeny
> > ><fhubeny_at_ntsource.com> writes
> > >>I have been able to eliminate about 50% of the candidates that get
> > >>past nontechnical screenings by simply asking them if they can do an
> > >>"hello world" program in the language in which they claim to be expert.
> > >>
> > >> So, the first question I would ask someone who claims to be expert in
> > >>SQL on Oracle would be
> > >>
> > >> Display the string "hello world" in SQL*Plus.
> > >>
> > Hmmm...so what would the correct answer be...... I guess I could do a
> > SELECT 'HELLO WORLD' FROM DUAL; or I could insert it into a table and
> > select it out again or I could assign it to a variable and then do a
> > show or etc., etc.
> >
> > Would I get full credit for all of my answers or would t have to be
> > the way you percieved I should know how to do it? ;-)
> >
> > Regards...Marc Baime
> If these are the kinds of questions asked at interviews, I have been
> interviewing with the wrong people.
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> Bob Manieri
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Last summer I interviewed with a large airline firm for a dba position
and the first technical question asked was - If you have 8 marbles all
of the same size but one is heavier how can you find the heavy marble
with a set of balance scales in just 2 weighings? The second question
was - If you are in a boat on a lake with an object in the boat and you
toss the object overboard will the lake water rise or fall? (They did
ask a sql related question about how to join 2 tables to get an 'array
like' output.
Received on Thu Jun 12 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT
