Jeff Moden (5/12/2012)

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I absolutely do understand about the type of "test" interviews that you're talking about but being nervous under fire is all a part of what it means to...

I have to say, in defense of these "senior dba's that can't answer textbook questions" ... being one of these people who has recently gone through lots of technical interviews......

The last position I held we were a SQL server shop with Cognos as our BI tool. I will definately tell you Cognos is a lucrative background to have....

So, bad news is this job never got back to me. Good news is, I just got another offer yesterday. I think my dreams of getting out of...

So, update.... I guess I overracted and I'm not as dumb as I think I did... the recruiter just called me and said that they LOVED me. And they...

Thanks GSquared!

The explainations are helpful. I knew the ACID stuff and I looked it up before hand to make sure I had each letter noted as to what it...

Gotchya!

Thanks.

I'll let ya'll know if they invite me down to Nashville for a face to face panel interview... *gulp*.

Hehe ya, if I'm coming off as arrogant or something that wasn't my intention. I never expected to be a know it all nor do I believe that I...

seth delconte (3/29/2012)

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I think we all have to swallow our pride and admit we don't and can't know everything - it is humbling when you can't answer an interview question...

I've actually noticed them being less... when I was actively looking for a job last October, I was constantly told that I was above the pay range for the jobs...

Well its not "just 2 insert statements" ... in my test it is 2 inserts (two totally different records inserting into the same oracle table). This is part of...

Haha! Well this forum solved my problem without anybody answering me!!! 🙂

Thanks to me posting my code here...the font was a little bit different and it helped...

Sorry that was a DUH on my part... I didn't read the exact message at the top.:blush:

Glad you figured it out!

Sounds like a permission issue? Are you moving the file on a network drive maybe? It could be when you run it in BIDS its using your windows...

I would be careful about lying when you tell them your salary. This bit me in the *** recently because I found that some employers are now requiring salary...