Re: ORACLE DBA questions for INTERVIEW

From: Karsten Farrell <kfarrell_at_belgariad.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 16:58:41 GMT
Message-ID: <5pyw9.2292$TJ3.179884357@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>

Galen Boyer wrote:
> On 31 Oct 2002, tcostello_at_mail.colgate.edu wrote:
>

>>Dunno, take this as you will, but what some of you are describing
>>is a test, not an interview.  From a employee's perspective, I
>>would be insulted at the "What is the difference between explicit
>>and implicit cursors" type questions.  That's just upsurd.  

>
>
> Why? The two people don't know each other and they have a very finite
> amount of time. Ask escalatingly hard questions is usually a good
> motto.
>

I agree in part. The last time I interviewed potential DBAs, all two dozen or so of them were somewhat equally qualified. Maybe their skill set didn't match my requirements 100%, but every one of them seemed more than willing to expand their knowledge (and that's the most I can expect).

Which one did I hire when technically they were all qualified? Why, of course, it was the person I thought I could get along with. It had very little to do with their skills. Skills can be learned. Not every employee has to hit the ground running.

But I was able to detect the techno-snobs in the group (who bragged too much) and eliminate them before their third sentence. We even have a few of those in this NG <g>. Received on Fri Nov 01 2002 - 10:58:41 CST