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First I talked with the hiring manager on the phone and answered questions--typical phone screen. I was interviewed from onsite, and I talked to two managers. During the first interview, I was asked questions about my resume and talked about the structure of the company and the department in which I would be working. This was approximately one hour. After this, I talked to the second manager and he asked me "What will you do for the company if I hire you?' Then he asked me "If you had to take a test on Java, and the results would determine if I hire you, would you take it? I said "Yes, I will take it right now." He said, "Confidence, that's what I like to see" Then he called the other manager and told him to get the Java test. The test questions were straight forward. They went something like this: "What does the extends keyword mean and what does implements keyword mean?" "What is and interface? When would an interface be used?" Then there was a simple SQL query question. Then "What is a singleton?" "Are memory leaks possible in Java?" "What is serialization?" These are the questions I remember--there were three or four other questions.
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Senior DBA

Interviewed at Final Search

3.4
May 28, 2019

First I talked with the hiring manager on the phone and answered questions--typical phone screen. I was interviewed from onsite, and I talked to two managers. During the first interview, I was asked questions about my resume and talked about the structure of the company and the department in which I would be working. This was approximately one hour. After this, I talked to the second manager and he asked me "What will you do for the company if I hire you?' Then he asked me "If you had to take a test on Java, and the results would determine if I hire you, would you take it? I said "Yes, I will take it right now." He said, "Confidence, that's what I like to see" Then he called the other manager and told him to get the Java test. The test questions were straight forward. They went something like this: "What does the extends keyword mean and what does implements keyword mean?" "What is and interface? When would an interface be used?" Then there was a simple SQL query question. Then "What is a singleton?" "Are memory leaks possible in Java?" "What is serialization?" These are the questions I remember--there were three or four other questions.

How many databases do you manage? What steps do you take to troubleshoot a database and/or application problem? How would you check for hung processes? What type of Data Dictionaries have you implemented? What items are in your Disaster Recovery Plan? What is your backup strategy and the RTO, RPO of those databases? What type of software to DB integration's have you worked on? There are many other database positions with other companies, why do you want to work for ULS? Why are looking to leave your current position?
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SQL Database Administrator

Interviewed at Urban Lending Solutions

2.2
Nov 18, 2015

How many databases do you manage? What steps do you take to troubleshoot a database and/or application problem? How would you check for hung processes? What type of Data Dictionaries have you implemented? What items are in your Disaster Recovery Plan? What is your backup strategy and the RTO, RPO of those databases? What type of software to DB integration's have you worked on? There are many other database positions with other companies, why do you want to work for ULS? Why are looking to leave your current position?

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