Re: DBA and certification questions?

In article <4ZVd5.423$_j3.1661_at_newsfeed.slurp.net>, rich.mycroft_at_synchrologic.com says...

> 'Tech test' type recruiting is preferred in my opinion for two reasons:
> 1 - it's easier for the HR people to reduce the number of resumes going
> through the process. You either have the buzz word with the appropriate
> number of years or you don't. Course, you might be a complete idiot as
> mediocrity can indeed survive quite well in most positions in most
> companies. 2 - syntax style questions are binary in nature. You get it
> wrong or you get it right. So the interviewer has to do less in the way of
> real thinking.
>
> By the way, I'm not really trying to argue with you so much as to explore my
> thoughts on this relative to yours.
>
> One last item and then I'll can it. The thing I'm looking for in an
> interview is a thinker. Bright people are very hard to come by. And in the
> end they tend to make the largest contributions. And yes, you can find
> bright people with the targetted experience, but my belief is that 80% of
> the whining about not being able to find the right tech employee is caused
> by being way too narrow in terms of what these companies are looking for.

I agree on the tech test. I have seen way too many people who have been on way to many interviews. After a while they get to know the questions and the answers. I want some one who can learn. Nothing stays the same in this industry. You have to be able to keep up. If you can't learn, you won't keep up and are therefore useless to me.

Liz Received on Fri Jul 21 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT