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Interviewing Tips for a Database Position

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 07:00:00 UT

Interviewing for a database position is a careful game of give and take. Knowing what to expect and how to prepare for your interview is important, but it's only half the battle. You'll also need to ask questions to see if the job, and the company, is a good fit for you.

Behemoths of the server room: An interview with Glenn Berry

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:00:00 UT

At the last PASS summit, we cornered SQL Server MVP Glenn Berry, and found out his views on the impact of virtualization, solid state disks and SAN administrators on the life of a DBA, and what led him to write a book all about SQL Server Hardware.

Tracy Hamlin, Exceptional DBA of 2010, on what it means to go the extra mile

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:00:00 UT

An interview with the Exceptional DBA of 2010, Tracy Hamlin.

Don Syme: Geek of the Week

Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:00:00 UT

It came as a surprise to many of us when Microsoft pulled from it's hat a rabbit in the form of an exciting, radical, language that offers an effective alternative to the Object-oriented orthodoxy. The creative force behind this language, F#, turns out to be a brilliant Cambridge-based Australian called Don Syme, already well known for his work on generics in .NET. F# has taken the specialised power of ML and OCaml and developed a versatile general-purpose .NET language. We sent Richard Morris across the road to investigate.

Interview with the Scary DBA - Grant Fritchey

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:00:00 UT

or our first feature on working DBAs and their lives, we selected Grant Fritchey, the self-styled Scary DBA, who has been so successful in the past year with his books and presentations. How does he manage to pack so much into his life? We sent Richard Morris to find out.

A Bad Litmus Test

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 UT

A litmus test is a way of determining your answer to a question based on a single issue or response. Steve Jones sees this as a bad idea, especially when looking to hire technical people.

A Bad Litmus Test

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 UT

A litmus test is a way of determining your answer to a question based on a single issue or response. Steve Jones sees this as a bad idea, especially when looking to hire technical people.

A Bad Litmus Test

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 UT

A litmus test is a way of determining your answer to a question based on a single issue or response. Steve Jones sees this as a bad idea, especially when looking to hire technical people.

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A Bad Litmus Test

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:00:00 UT

A litmus test is a way of determining your answer to a question based on a single issue or response. Steve Jones sees this as a bad idea, especially when looking to hire technical people.

Interview with the Scary DBA – Grant Fritchey

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:21:32 UT

With Halloween so near, we thought it would be a good time to find out more about the so-called Scary DBA, Grant Fritchey, who's been working in IT for 20 years now. He writes for SQL Server Central, Simple-Talk and SQL Server Standard, and was awarded MVP status earlier this year. We sent Richard Morris to meet him.

Test Drive

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 06:00:00 UT

Hiring a new employee can be a hit or miss proposition. We often don't learn much about how someone will work from an interview. Steve Jones talks about an alternative way to hire someone by taking them for a test drive.

Richard Stallman: Geek of the Week

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 06:00:00 UT

Many famous geeks work away at their programs without considering the wider implications of what they, and others, are doing. Richard Stallman isn't like that. Richard (rms) is one of the great brains behind Linux distros, as he wrote the GNU compilers and GNU debugger. He is driven by strong opinions about the nature of free software, and the restrictive nature of software copyright. We sent our intrepid reporter, Richard Morris, to find out if Richard Stallman really required journalists to read parts of the GNU philosophy before an interview, for "efficiency's sake".

Get into the Top Ten Percent

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 06:00:00 UT

When you start applying for jobs, and face competition from other candidates, who do you think gets the interview? Is it the middle 50%? The bottom 20%? I bet you're thinking the top 5-10 candidates are granted interviews, which in today's world...

Tips on Getting Hired – Part 5

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 UT

think the hardest part about the job search is interviewing and not being selected. You keep saying “why” with rarely a good answer. It’s not fun to be rejected. I don’t think I can change that with any spin, but

Tips on Getting Hired – Part 4

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:00:00 UT

Getting a job is hard. If you’ve been lucky enough not to struggle for a job, don’t make the mistake of thinking it will always be easy. Equally, finding a good job is harder still. Some more tips for you to consider: Leverage your recruiter. They know..

Tips on Getting HIred – Part 3

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:00:00 UT

Part 1 discussed ways to find opportunities, Part 2 was about how to get more interviews, and today we’ll cover some tips from the employer perspective. Don’t use an AOL.com email address. Seriously. Gmail, Live, Yahoo, all are good, but AOL.com makes...

Tips on Getting Hired – Part 2

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 06:00:00 UT

Yesterday I posted Part 1 containing five ideas for those looking for work. Today I’m going to focus on what to do when you’re struggling to get interviews. Your chances of getting hired for any given job once you interview are perhaps 1 in 10 (an unscientific...

Testing Skills

Tue, 12 May 2009 06:00:00 UT

How can you measure someone's DBA skills? Steve Jones comments on a new technique that someone suggested to him.

Testing Skills

Tue, 12 May 2009 01:54:23 UT

How can you measure someone's DBA skills? Steve Jones comments on a new technique that someone suggested to him.

Testing Skills

Tue, 12 May 2009 01:46:14 UT

How can you measure someone's DBA skills? Steve Jones comments on a new technique that someone suggested to him.

Testing Skills

Tue, 12 May 2009 01:38:48 UT

How can you measure someone's DBA skills? Steve Jones comments on a new technique that someone suggested to him.

An Interview with Brad McGehee - Part 2

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 06:00:00 UT

Continuing the interview with Brad McGehee, Robert Pearl asks about the new features in 2008 and his books.

An Interview with Brad McGehee - Part 1

Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:00:00 UT

MVP Brad McGehee, director of DBA Education for Red Gate Software, sat down recently with longtime author, Robert Pearl. In this interview, learn a bit about how Brad got started in the SQL Server world.

Gail Shaw: Geek of the Week

Wed, 25 Mar 2009 06:00:00 UT

Gail Shaw, the fabled 'gilamonster', earned her MVP and the gratitude of a host of SQL Server professionals seeking technical help with her expert forum posts on SQLServerCentral. She brings great enthusiasm to everything she does, and has a huge influence on the communities she joins.

SQL Server Interview Questions for a Network Administrator

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:00:00 UT

We are looking to grow our team and we are interested in finding out what a reasonable set of questions would be for Network Administrator candidates that also state that they can support SQL Server. Do you have any suggestions?

Kalen Delaney: Geek of the Week

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:00:00 UT

Kalen Delaney has been involved in SQL Server from the beginning. Her talks and her writings are always interesting but, most important of all, she was able to successfully take on authorship of the 'Inside SQL Server' series of books from Ron Soukup, and make them her own. Despite her own protests that she is a trainer first and foremost, she richly deserves our accolade of 'Geek of the Week'.

Interview with Chuck Kelley - Part II

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:00:00 UT

Part two of the interview looks at some design decisions in building a warehouse as well as some of the tools available.

Interview with Chuck Kelley - Part I

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:00:00 UT

An interview with a data warehousing expert Chuck Kelley with some views about the careers in data warehousing.

CS Techcast 16: Revving Up SQL Server 2008

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:00:00 UT

CStechcast.com brings another podcast episode to the starting line with guest Kalen Delaney. This SQL Server expert and authoritative author of the Inside SQL Server series gives us her take on SQL Server 2008. Find the latest from Kalen Delaney at insidesqlserver.com and SQLCommunity.com.

SQL Server Spotlight on Buck Woody

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 06:00:00 UT

One of the people responsible for Books Online in SQL Server 2005 takes a few minutes to share some thoughts with SQLServerCentral.com

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