Ah, so you work for Microsoft then.... all famous MS Interview questions. On 6/30/05, Dougie McGibbon <DMcGibbon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Not an Oracle interview, but for my current position as Sneior DBA, I was > asked - > Why are manhole covers round ? > If you were transported back into the 14th century, how would you > convince the pope that the Earth was round ? > You are standing on a yacht sitting on a small lake, if you find a > boulder on the deck of the yacht and roll it over the side into the water, > what happens to the water level of the lake ? > -----Original Message----- > *From:* Goulet, Dick [mailto:DGoulet@xxxxxxxx] > *Sent:* Friday, July 01, 2005 8:25 AM > *To:* bbellows@xxxxxxx; MGogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: interview with Oracle > > Yeah, they do. The question I got was "How would you transit a Black > Hole?" > > ------------------------------ > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Bellows, Bambi > *Sent:* Thursday, June 30, 2005 4:12 PM > *To:* 'MGogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; ' > mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: interview with Oracle > > Well, everyone knows that. > 1) It depends on the ethnicity of the swallow > 2) What you get when you multiply six by eight > 3) The shade of purple with the most vowels > I'm sure they'll ask something a bit more arcane... but you always look > on the bright side of life. > Bambi. > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Gogala, Mladen > *Sent:* Thursday, June 30, 2005 3:10 PM > *To:* 'mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* RE: interview with Oracle > > Yes it is. It is like Spanish Inquisition and nobody expects > the Spanish Inquisition. They asked the following questions: > > 1) Air velocity of an unladen swallow. > 2) The answer to the question of life, universe and everything. > 3) The color of the database which takes the least amount of RAM. > > -- > Mladen Gogala > Ext. 121 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lists > [mailto:mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:59 PM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: interview with Oracle > > Hello all > > Someone I know has a graduate interview with Oracle. Has anyone else had > the same , and if so, what sort of questions do they ask you? Is it any > different than your normal interview? > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com