Re: Interviewer wants OCP despite ...

Domenic,

Just get certified. It's less trouble than fighting a HR bureaucracy.

Gary

"Domenic" <domenicg_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message news:c7e08a19.0406241449.2f8f9fe2_at_posting.google.com...
> What's everyone's take on this? -- I've been working as a DBA for
> about 7 years now. Today I was on an interview and they gave me an
> OCP-like multiple choice test -- I scored 85% on it without preparing,
> and finished the test in half the normal time, but the interviewer
> indicated I would probably be disqualified without certification.
>
> I told her I thought certification was no substitute for years of
> real-world experience, and that any company that thinks it is doesn't
> know Oracle.
>
> So I get another call this afternoon -- "are you certified?" -- "uhm
> ... no, but ..."
>
> Why do so many companies put so much value on certification? What
> ever happened to the technical interview?
>
> Dom.
Received on Thu Jun 24 2004 - 20:04:23 CDT