Re: How do you conduct technical interviews ?

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:26:28 -0500
Message-ID: <ad3aa4c90808161926x3204f2bcp29284538599cde09@mail.gmail.com>


Those type of questions are appropriate to sales positions or purely management roles. They are useless for finding a technically skilled Oracle DBA. On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 5:58 PM, Pedro Espinoza <raindoctor_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Don't worry much about these questions. There is a huge market for these
> questions and their answers: search on amazon for books specifically
> address such questions and prospective answers. It is like taking sales
> training classes.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 3:53 PM, William Robertson <
> william_at_williamrobertson.net> wrote:
>
>> Those are the kind of evil questions we all hate. You go for a technical
>> role and you have to deal with some git asking you about your private life
>> and how you apply trite corporate values to your five year life plan.
>>
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>> From: Gints Plivna
>> Date: 16/8/08 19:51
>>
>>> Just today spotted this blog entry:
>>>
>>> http://smallbusiness.logoworks.com/newsletter/index.php/03/2007/02/14-killer-questions-to-ask-in-your-next-interview/
>>>
>>> I think at least some of these questions are quite interesting.
>>>
>>> Gints Plivna
>>> http://www.gplivna.eu
>>>
>>>
>

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