Re: Interviewer wants OCP despite ...

Hi Domenicg

Your recruiter has never been a DBA herself..only you and people like you would understand the real value of being practical what it means like when you have a server with multiple oracle homes and navigate the jungle :-)..for the rest of them there is the OCP..since the world is comprised of more people who are not DBA's like you and me they will demand certification :-)..so go get the certification pay somethin to larry nad watch her pursuing you ;-)..

regards
Hrishy

domenicg_at_hotmail.com (Domenic) 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 Fri Jun 25 2004 - 00:53:03 CDT