Sorry for the late reply, but I just got back from a week off and thought I'd add my 2 pesos (they were left over).
As I wrote my reply, some of my thoughts were related, others were straying, so I elected to blog it instead. It's at http://www.dannorris.com/2008/08/18/when-i-conduct-an-interview/ if you care to read. Feel free to comment there if you like.
Dan Gints Plivna wrote:
Mhmm, the original question wasn't about just TECHNICALLY SKILLED person. Question were how to find right kind of personality. For example: What circumstance brings you here today? Ok one can formulate this question in whatever way but would you like to hire a DBA (or whatever other position) just looking for a job with some $$ more than previous work, without any other motivation? What was a major obstacle you were able to overcome in the past year? OK it is possible to formulate this question just in a bit different way and ask what was the major problem in his dba life last year. Tell me about two memorable projects, one success and one failure. To what do you attribute the success and failure? <snip>
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