jfogel (9/6/2013)

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SQLRNNR (9/6/2013)

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Steven.Howes (9/6/2013)

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8 out of 10? really? That's insane. I can't believe that many people would try to cheat and screw their employers by taking a job that they can't do. I couldn't imagine taking a job as a welder or plumber, I can't do it, why would I want that stress no matter how well it pays. That being said, I'm a well paid, happy IT Employee. If I was working at tim hortons or mcdonalds I might have a different opinion and might do anything to get out...

8 of 10 is probably pretty accurate. I have client after client that just terminated their "sr" dba with mcitp/mcdba and the former (and in some cases current) employee had no clue how to do a log backup and less clue on the recovery models.

That is really bad. Companies should do more in those cases to screen and test potential candidates. If they don't have the in-house knowledge to ask the right questions then they need to find someone who does. And I'm not talking about having a gang of programmers hammer at an applicant for a production DBA position. Keep the questions in scope.