Interview Questions
From Oracle FAQ
Some typical interview questions for Oracle Specialists:
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General Questions
- Tell us about yourself/ your background.
- What are the three major characteristics that you bring to the job market?
- What motivates you to do a good job?
- What two or three things are most important to you at work?
- What qualities do you think are essential to be successful in this kind of work?
- What courses did you attend? What job certifications do you hold?
- What subjects/courses did you excel in? Why?
- What subjects/courses gave you trouble? Why?
- How does your previous work experience prepare you for this position?
- How do you define 'success'?
- What has been your most significant accomplishment to date?
- Describe a challenge you encountered and how you dealt with it.
- Describe a failure and how you dealt with it.
- Describe the 'ideal' job... the 'ideal' supervisor.
- What leadership roles have you held?
- What prejudices do you hold?
- What do you like to do in your spare time?
- What are your career goals (a) 3 years from now; (b) 10 years from now?
- How does this position match your career goals?
- What have you done in the past year to improve yourself?
- In what areas do you feel you need further education and training to be successful?
- What do you know about our company?
- Why do you want to work for this company. Why should we hire you?
- Where do you see yourself fitting in to this organization ...initially? ...in 5 years?
- Why are you looking for a new job?
- How do you feel about re-locating?
- Are you willing to travel?
- What are your salary requirements?
- When would you be available to start if you were selected?
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General Oracle Questions
- What Oracle products have you worked with?
- What version of Oracle were you running?
- Compare Oracle to any other database that you know. Why would you prefer to work on one and not on the other?
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Oracle DBA Questions
Typical DBA questions:
- How many databases and what sizes?
- Did you use online or off-line backups? Why?
- If you have to advise a backup strategy for a new application, how would you approach it and what questions will you ask?
- If a customer calls you about a hanging database session, what will you do to resolve it?
- How many control files and redo logs should a database have?
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Oracle Developer Questions
Typical Developer questions:
- Tell us about the projects you've worked on.
- What language was the application written in?
- What programming languages are you familiar with?
- What technologies did you use?
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Technical Oracle Questions
To test your technical knowledge, try one of the OraFAQ Quizzes.
