Yea...Thats right.... On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 9:31 AM, Subodh Deshpande <deshpande.subodh@xxxxxxxxx > wrote: > 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 > ============================== >