SQL Server Standard Competencies

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SQL Server Standard Competencies

Deni Kusdeni

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September 8, 2017 at 3:26 am

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We want to hire people who have SQL Server skill, does anyone having standard competencies for SQL Server 2012 ?

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 399278 More actions · Answer 1

I'm actually not a fan of the Microsoft Certifications, however, the skills they test actually provides a pretty good set of standards by which you could measure someone on their SQL Server skills. Here's a link to the tests. The core information will be in the first two.

If you feel that you don't have this knowledge in your organization, then I'd strongly suggest you hire a consultant just to do the interviews for you. Otherwise, you won't know if people are lying on their CV and during the interviews. I see that a lot.

"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt

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Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004638 More actions · Answer 2

Deni Kusdeni - Friday, September 8, 2017 3:26 AM
We want to hire people who have SQL Server skill, does anyone having standard competencies for SQL Server 2012 ?

For what? System DBA, Application DBA, Database Developer, Database Architect, BI Architect, BI Developer, what? What is the job description that you're trying to fill?

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

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Grant Fritchey - Friday, September 8, 2017 5:44 AM
I'm actually not a fan of the
Microsoft Certifications, however, the skills they test actually provides a pretty good set of standards by which you could measure someone on their SQL Server skills. Here's a link to the tests. The core information will be in the first two.
If you feel that you don't have this knowledge in your organization, then I'd strongly suggest you hire a consultant just to do the interviews for you. Otherwise, you won't know if people are lying on their CV and during the interviews. I see that a lot.

Thanks for your info.

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Jeff Moden - Sunday, September 10, 2017 9:51 PM
For what? System DBA, Application DBA, Database Developer, Database Architect, BI Architect, BI Developer, what? What is the job description that you're trying to fill?

Dear Jeff,
For Database Developer

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004638 More actions · Answer 5

Grant Fritchey - Friday, September 8, 2017 5:44 AM
I'm actually not a fan of the Microsoft Certifications, however, the skills they test actually provides a pretty good set of standards by which you could measure someone on their SQL Server skills. Here's a link to the tests. The core information will be in the first two.
If you feel that you don't have this knowledge in your organization, then I'd strongly suggest you hire a consultant just to do the interviews for you. Otherwise, you won't know if people are lying on their CV and during the interviews. I see that a lot.

OMG! The 98-364 exam still tests on Text, NText, and Image! Doesn't MS know they've deprecated it?

It's stupid stuff like this that makes me realize that I don't actually ever want to go for certification.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)