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Getting The Job Outline for the Interview

Your Goal is Educate the employer on the value you bring.

Identify ways you can partner with them to achieve their goals.

Common Q&A in a ob interviewI recommend that you practice answering each !uestion with a friend over and over until the answer come

smoothly and with a rela"ed but confident way.

Elevator speechI have been an #racle professional for many years and have saved my employers many millions of dollars$

shortened their development time$ and increased security on a database and enterprise level.

I have been a %A in production$ QA$ and %evelopment environments' and have also designed databases and

managed %A teams for the (hite )ouse * times$ and several fortune +,, corporations.

I have e"perience leading teams and collaborating with them to document responsibility scope$ team product

delivery to customers$ team measurable critical success factors$ and responsibility matri"es.

I am also s-illed at data governance$ data !uality assurance$ and data retention life cycle management.

I understand he /niversity of 0uget 1ound needs a %A to 1upport and assist the development team in design$

development$ testing$ tuning$ and implementation of database applications.

(hat challenges do you thin- need to be overcome during the ne"t 2 months3

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ell me about yourselfhis !uestions is really4 (hat s-ills and -nowledge do you have that can help me with my needs3

/se what you have learned about the company$ their customers$ products$ and the ob description to thin- of ways

your s-ills can help solve challenges the company has.

)ere are four completely different statements about myself that I used to connect with the employers needs.

I have been an #racle professional for many years and have wor-ed at the (hite )ouse * times and severalfortune +,, corporations. I have been a %A in production$ QA$ and %evelopment environments' have alsodesigned many #ve beenpreparing for this ob your whole life$ not ust the night before.

5. &eo$le who 'now me best say that I(m"his response offers insight into your own level of self6

awareness.

6. I )an summari*e who I am in three words+Grabs their attention immediately. %emonstrates your ability

to be concise$ creative and compelling.

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Questions you are li-ely to be as-ed%hat ma'es me different

)ow can you fulfill my needs in a uni!ue wayD4

A deep understanding of database design for #

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ehavioral based interview !uestions.he employer is trying to find out4

Your problem solving process 1AF 66 1ituation$ as-$ Action$ FesultsD

(hat -ind of eam 0layer you are

Your definition of difficult

)ow organiJed and methodical you are

Your story should be one that4

0uts you in a tough position

You analyJed and discussed the problem

You reached a conclusion

You were successful

It was a win5win situation for the company

You need to4

%efine the problem$ the e"pected outcome$ and possible solutions

al- about the Culture$ 1tructure$ & ission priorities

al- about the people you had to wor- with & what was e"pected of them

)ow you tied it all together to read the goal

It does not halve to be a problem you caused and you are may not have played the leading role in real life$ but

you need to cast yourself as the star in the story.

0es)ribe a time you demonstrated initiative

Situation

I wor-ed for Kent 1chool %istrict. (hen they were testing the fire alarm system the power was accidently cut to the

server room$ the /01He -ic-ed in and all of the servers did an emergency shutdown.

Tas'

(e needed to bring the servers & databases bac- up and * of servers would not re6start.1)tion

I wor-ed with the 1ystems Administrators to recover the servers and re6build the databases. his re!uired 28 hours

without sleep.

2esults

he system returned to normal functionality.

(e had a plastic cover and large red sign placed over the fire alarm switch in the server room.

(e implemented better bac-up and recovery processes and standards for the servers and database.

(e practiced server and database recovery every : months.

K1% purchased some small servers for the 1ystem administrators and database administrators to use as sand

bo"es to do proof of concept wor-$ learn new s-ills sets$ and practice server and database recovery on.

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0es)ribe a diffi)ult $roblem you hel$ed solve to be su))essful

Situation

I wor-ed for oeing on a proect to move +$8,, databases from data centers all over the /1 to 2 data centers in 0)L$

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Give me an e-am$le of how you4ve )ontributed to your $resent5most re)ent )om$any4s su))ess+

YouHve li-ely heard or read rOsumO6writing advice stressing the importance of not only sharing your !ualifications but

also addressing accomplishments. In todayHs competitive ob mar-et$ employers donHt want to hire someone who can

ust complete tas-s. hey want someone who can ma-e an impact on the bottom line. If you can$ answer this !uestion

by sharing e"amples of how you increased revenue$ helped a client gain mar-et share or created efficiencies that saved

money. /se numbers or percentages$ when possible. If you donHt -now the numbers off the top of your head$ you canprovide that information in your follow6up or than-6you note.

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he top 2 points you want to ma-e sure you get across.

&rodu)tion 061

+. 1ttitude4 0ro6active vigilance$ data protection$ and database availability defense and fortification.

+. )ave authored endor standards that include database architectural evaluations$ support$ upgrading

applications to current #racle releases$ vendor access to systems etc.

*. ac-ing up and recovering very large database2. igration of databases to new servers

8. aintenance of archive redo log destinations

. Growthof data in the database

:. %is- bac-up staging areas

7. Archiving old or stale data

7uality 1ssuran)e 061

*. 1ttitude4 Insure Accuracy$ functionality$ and corporate initiative goals are met.+. )ave performed database health chec- auditing and database !uality evaluations4

*. %etect unauthoriJed database intruders

2. 0revent unauthoriJed data access

8. Satisfyapplication functionality Interface with other application databases

1cale

Can be enhanced easily and ine"pensively

Can be maintained easily and ine"pensively

Pault root cause identification

Achieve acceptable performance

%ata integrity

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2. Attitude4 Customer service oriented and data governance.

8. 0roviding reports on database changes. &rodu)ingEF% diagrams

:. Tuning1Q< and 0

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y 1trengths4Combination of:

+. 0roduction$ development$ and QA %A

*. %ata odeler2. %atabase %esigner

ardwor'ing

I am e"tremely dedicated to my employers success and to my career. I am always ready$ able$ and willing to wor- long

hours to achieve success.

Self #otivated and 0etermined

I donHt need to be pushed to wor-. Instead I am attempt to predict what my manager needs and be ready to provide it in

advance of being as-ed.

Su))ess Oriented and atural ;eader

You must be able to lead yourself before you can lead others. e committed to your commitmentsR

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y (ea-nesses4+. FAC$ 1treams

+. 1ometimes I pay too much attention to detail when it may not be needed.*. 1ometimes I spend too much time wor-ing and neglect my family. I need to balance dedication to the ob with dedication

to my family and try not to spend more than , hours a wee- at wor-.

Gap in wor-I used the time to:Fecruiteda team of : I professionals to build a computer lab at home.

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+. Installed a physical