Re: Interviewer wants OCP despite ...

"Gary Floam" <floam_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:<bdGdnU9yXu8n5UbdRVn-jg_at_comcast.com>...
> Domenic,
>
> Just get certified. It's less trouble than fighting a HR bureaucracy.
>
> Gary

Costs a fortune now that one course is mandatory .../Dom.

>
>
> "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 Fri Jun 25 2004 - 20:37:37 CDT