Re: ORACLE DBA questions for INTERVIEW

Daniel Morgan <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:<3DB9872F.D4E94441_at_exesolutions.com>...
> Karen Abgarian wrote:
>
> > Don't forget that conducting an interview is an easy opportunity
> > to learn what you always wanted to learn yourself... without any
> > efforts.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Korilu wrote:
> >
> > > What would you ask an ORACLE DBA candidate??
> > > (Also send answers if possible to your questions)
> > >
> > > Is there a location where I can find this type of information?
> > >
> > > I will post all the results here.
> > >
> > > Thanks
>
> And two more type of question that should always be asked in an
> interview. They are:
>
> 1. Describe the process you go through installing a newly released
> version of Oracle.
>
> And the answer had better start out with ... "I read the readme file."
>

Funny, my answer is "wait until the bleeding edgerati find the major dumbass bugs."

> 2. Ask a question where the correct answer is "You can't do that in
> Oracle."
>

What??? :-)

My Judo teacher when I was 11 taught me there's no such word as "can't." Then he had me throw him.

Now, there are certain things you wouldn't _want_ to do in Oracle... and certain requirements that would be waaaaaayyyyy too expensive...

> It greatly aids in identifying those who just make stuff up when they
> don't know the correct answer.
>
> Daniel Morgan

jg

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