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 ==============================