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Old 02-23-2008, 05:55 AM
ALI
 
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hi


i need some best answer for the question below for an interview as an oracle (DBA).



Q : what is the most difficult situation u faced and how did u solved it ????.



thanks for helping

ali
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Old 02-23-2008, 05:55 AM
Rene Nyffenegger
 
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> hi
>
>
> i need some best answer for the question below for an interview as an oracle (DBA).
>
>
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> Q : what is the most difficult situation u faced and how did u solved it ????.


A: The most difficult situation was this question. I solved it by
putting it into some random newsgroup.

Frankly, your question has nothing to do with Oracle.

R

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Old 02-23-2008, 05:56 AM
Daniel Morgan
 
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ALI wrote:

> hi
>
>
> i need some best answer for the question below for an interview as an oracle (DBA).
>
>
>
> Q : what is the most difficult situation u faced and how did u solved it ????.
>
>
>
> thanks for helping
>
> ali


Your question is not acceptable. If you want my most difficult situation
then I get the job ... because I solved it ... not you.

Seems to me your are either trolling or are totally unqualified for any
Oracle position as you have no real experience.

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Old 02-23-2008, 05:56 AM
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"ALI" <alimirdba@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:b7a7417e.0401132156.7e2d056a@posting.google.c om...
> hi
>
>
> i need some best answer for the question below for an interview as an

oracle (DBA).
>
>
>
> Q : what is the most difficult situation u faced and how did u solved it

????.
>


Hi Ali

I think the point to this question to determine something about *your*
experiences and a little about how *you* perform in difficult situations.

Although perhaps of some mild interest, I really don't think your
interviewers would be too impressed in hearing stories relating to the many
adventures of Richard Foote (or anyone else for that matter). BTW, my most
difficult situation had nothing to do with being an Oracle DBA and
everything to do with coming down a mountain face in a somewhat
uncontrollable fashion !!

Interestingly, I'm currently filling out a questionnaire where it's asking
for my favourite colour. Any suggestions ....

Cheers

Richard


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Old 02-23-2008, 05:57 AM
Joel Garry
 
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"Richard Foote" <richard.foote@bigpond.com> wrote in message news:<sO9Nb.12044$Wa.6500@news-server.bigpond.net.au>...
> "ALI" <alimirdba@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:b7a7417e.0401132156.7e2d056a@posting.google.c om...
> > hi
> >
> >
> > i need some best answer for the question below for an interview as an

> oracle (DBA).
> >
> >
> >
> > Q : what is the most difficult situation u faced and how did u solved it

> ????.


Funny, but a number of times when I've been asked this question, I
give whatever answer, then later subtly probe the interviewer for what
they think is a difficult situation, and then rattle off how simply
and obviously I solved something similar. Sometimes this really nails
it. Other times it just shows how really underwater the interviewer
is.

So Ali, tell us, what is the most difficult situation u faced and how
did u solved it ????

> >

>
> Hi Ali
>
> I think the point to this question to determine something about *your*
> experiences and a little about how *you* perform in difficult situations.


And more importantly, the interviewer needs to know what you think a
difficult situation is. For me it has usually been no-win poor
management situations, and I still don't know how to deal with that in
an interview. So I take the question as a straight technical
question, avoiding what for me is a difficult answer and steering the
interview toward my strengths. Of course, one of my weaknesses is
talking myself into a hole, so this doesn't always come out right.
Sometimes I see interviewers giving sidelong glances to each other and
I have to stop and simply ask "did I say something wrong?" only to
discover I've just given a description of a problem identical to one
they had. Sometimes this frightens people.

>
> Although perhaps of some mild interest, I really don't think your
> interviewers would be too impressed in hearing stories relating to the many
> adventures of Richard Foote (or anyone else for that matter). BTW, my most
> difficult situation had nothing to do with being an Oracle DBA and
> everything to do with coming down a mountain face in a somewhat
> uncontrollable fashion !!
>
> Interestingly, I'm currently filling out a questionnaire where it's asking
> for my favourite colour. Any suggestions ....


The one without the "u" in it :-)

http://www.scd.ucar.edu/zine/99/spri...t/2.color.html

>
> Cheers
>
> Richard


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Old 02-23-2008, 05:57 AM
Daniel Morgan
 
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Joel Garry wrote:

>>>Q : what is the most difficult situation u faced and how did u solved it

>>
>> ????.

>
>
> Funny, but a number of times when I've been asked this question, I
> give whatever answer, then later subtly probe the interviewer for what
> they think is a difficult situation, and then rattle off how simply
> and obviously I solved something similar. Sometimes this really nails
> it. Other times it just shows how really underwater the interviewer
> is.
>
> So Ali, tell us, what is the most difficult situation u faced and how
> did u solved it ????


I think this entire post was a red herring. First off Ali has never
returned and second what are the chances that he recieved a copy of the
interview questions before the actual interview? Zero?

I suspect it was a troll. But if it wasn't ... the fact that he asked
the question at all is ample evidence that he is unqualified for the job.

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http://www.outreach.washington.edu/e...oa/aoa_crs.asp
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