yes, unless one being humorous on himself/herself he/she will not learn and enjoy the work..:)..subodh On 7 February 2011 11:43, Sheldon Quinny <sheldonquinny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The Only Attitude that important in a DBA team or in your team members > would be of > 1) Being Patient about the situation {NO NEED TO PANIC}. > 2) Have Troubleshooting & Resolving ablity. > 3) Should have a sense of humor in everything :). > > > After reading all this the next guy whoes going to sit in front of Mr Alan > would really say , that he just pick the wrong day for the interview hehe.. > > All the best to it.. > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Subodh Deshpande < > deshpande.subodh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Alan, >> >> it is really an interesting question..you are saying you want a team >> member...unfortunately many do not understand dba is/has to be a team >> member..many are of the opnion that just take a dip or force some one to >> take a dip in a tank called as dba training, as soon as he/she came out of >> the tank he/she will be more colorful dba !!! >> >> technical questions/knowldege matters..which can be shaped/shrpened >> further..provided a dba attitude exists.. >> so what is your need basically..present days are of outsourcing...hence >> some of the times he/she may have to work remotely..so how much you can >> dependent on him/her..without changing him/her..you have to get work done >> from him/her.. >> >> recently I read the book 'How to be organised in spite of >> yourself'..penguin books usa..authors sunny schlenger, roberta roesch..it >> gave me a different way of looking..habbits, attitude, attribute, >> characterstics does matters.. >> >> thanks..subodh >> >> On 7 February 2011 04:36, Guillermo Alan Bort <cicciuxdba@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: >> >>> So, I am in the process of reviewing resumes from several JR and SSR >>> candidates for the team. The question I came up with is, what kind of >>> questions (technical) should I ask during the interview. I can't use the >>> same questions I'd use with a Sr. DBA. >>> >>> The questions i've come up with so far are the following: >>> 1. Difference between EXTENT and BLOCK >>> 2. Difference between USER and ROLE. When would you use each? >>> 3. Command to extend a Tablespace (tricky question? should it be >>> datafile?) >>> 4. Command to backup controlfiles (all you can think of) >>> 5. Steps to switch archivelog on or off. >>> 6. Minimum requirements in order to take a level 1 online backup (tricky >>> question?) >>> 7. What are the minimum required files to be backed up in order to be >>> able to recreate the database from scratch in the event of complete media >>> failure? >>> >>> I may come up with more, but that's what I have so far... >>> >>> thanks in advance >>> Alan.- >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ============================== >> DO NOT FORGET TO SMILE TODAY >> ============================== >> > > -- ============================== DO NOT FORGET TO SMILE TODAY ==============================