Oracle-L: RE: dba interview questions

From: Jamadagni, Rajendra <Rajendra.Jamadagni_at_espn.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 07:39:33 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005D437A.20031024073933@fatcity.com>

We prefer to ask their experiences and then throw a curve ball and ask them to defend it. Small issues like "Why would/wouldn't an index help?" etc ...

Another question that I *always* ask is "what do you or have you read in last 3 months outside of Oracle manuals?" or "Do you know any other sites that give you lot of oracle related information?" I expect to hear at-least couple form following list ... ixora, hotsos, jlcomp, oracle-dba, oraperf, orapub. If they mention that they have read YAPP, that's a bonus too.

But if someone says they haven't read anything other than manuals questions become a little steep.

Raj

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The problem with such lists is that the prospects also have those... A few years ago Mike Ault published one. We used it to screen candidates via phone interviews. Two out of four I talked to gave me perfect answers: word to word from Mike's list.

Use Conner's approach: Give the candidate a white/black board, and ask him/her to draw the SGA with all it interal structures, all background processes, and explain how all this works together.....

Kirti

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