Re: ORACLE DBA questions for INTERVIEW

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 28 Oct 2002 21:13:10 -0600
Message-ID: <uadkx6a0f.fsf@hotpop.com>

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, adrian.ch_at_btinternet.com wrote:

> In message <3DB9872F.D4E94441_at_exesolutions.com>, Daniel Morgan
> <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> writes

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

> 
> Nice Idea. Out of interest how would you rate an answer of "I
> don't know how to do that in Oracle" compared to your "You can't
> do that in Oracle."?

Either answer provides credibility in my mind.

Maybe not a DBA question, but, I think a good starting Oracle question is, "Explain how Oracle supports the Dirty Read Isolation level."

-- 
Galen deForest Boyer
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

Received on Mon Oct 28 2002 - 21:13:10 CST