Re: Case study for interviewing Oracle DBA

On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 17:06:52 -0600, DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_lifetouch.com> wrote:
> Rachel, the way you described your situation makes me wonder if HR has a
> legitimate concern that the company interests were overridden. Normally they
> are expecting that a formal job description is drawn up, several candidates
> are interviewed, and the most qualified candidate is selected. It may just
> be the way it was explained to HR made it seem this step was overlooked.
>

I was once hired for a job in the same manner that Rachel decribed.

In that case, HR was a roadblock. They drug their feet for weeks.

When it came time for them to 'screen' me via phone, their questions bordered on the ridiculous. The position was for Oracle DBA, most of the questions were for OS/390 and MVS.

At my current job, I was able to contact an HR person that agreed to let me send my resume directly to her, and she forwarded it directly to the hiring manager. Nice when you can make that happen.

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