Rachel, Always throw the guilty & innocent to the wolves. It's easier. (DOH, = my current frustrations showing) On a more serious note, I'd ask what he thinks about "change control". = Namely, what kind of paperwork trail is expected, minimum notification = time, etc... I'm currently in an organization that wants to know if = you'll extend the lead in your automatic pencil 2 days before you do = it.(very heavily exaggerated) Hate micro-management. Dick Goulet Senior Oracle DBA Oracle Certified 8i DBA -----Original Message----- From: Rachel Carmichael [mailto:wisernet100@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 1:59 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: interview a manager Are you more project or people oriented? How do you deal with users -- do you believe in personal responsibility for errors or problems as well as for things going well? (this last translates into "if something breaks, do you take responsibility to outsiders and deal with it within your team yourself? or do you throw them to the wolves?" --- David Green <thump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > What are you thoughts on working from home one or more days a week > under a > telecommuting program. Have you been involved in any studies or > evaluations of the monetary savings and increases in productivity > that can > result from effective telecommuting. >=20 > How do you insulate your team from external politics and agendas, > while > still communicating openly to the team? >=20 > How would you respond or handle a situation whereby a DBA > accidentally > destroys some data or a database? What types of incidetns would you > accept and what what you consider unacceptable? >=20 > Is the candidate technical and if so at what level? >=20 > What are your thoughts regarding ongoing training for technicians? >=20 =09 =09 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs =20 http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------