Quite basic. If you dont get through this you would not be capiable of the job anyway. HR Type interview - questions like : if you are onsite, and the client wants to move from MS Sql server to oracle, they give justification and it is the right decision, what do you do? Quite tough but interesting. More technical questions. It ended up that I didnt get the role as i didnt know enough about things like share point and active directory. The job is for a SQL PFE, but im told that if your on-site, and the sharepoint server goes down, you have to be able to roll up the sleeves and get stuck in, or if a high ranking member of the client company is having excel issues, you have to be able to step in and help out.
This applies to all MS technologies you may encounter. Knowing this totally changed the role and made it undesirable for me. Due to finding out this, i am ok with not getting the job and would prob have turned it down due to the levels of pressure vs rewards of the job this is not sour apples, i really would have made this decision regardless. This proves to use the interview process as not just your opportunity to prove you can do a job, but two way process to also allow you to find out more about the role that was not in the spec, info that potentially might change your views of the role.
I have learned to interview the company, as much as they interview me. It was a great experience doing the interviews though, one of the tougher ive done and am glad to have gone through it. Thanks for all your advice folks. They have now invited me to the assessment day. I haven't received a written confirmation with details yet. So i just want to start preparing myself for the same. The below question has already made me nervous.
I would struggle with this one. How did you answer this one. The manager of the PFE team in my region, and an account manager. Not technical, and more an interview to find out what kind of person i am, in relation to Microsoft. Questions like " You are a PFE on a customer site. You question their reasoning for the decision and find it to be sound, making Oracle a good choice.
Tough questions really. I tried to answer them truthfully and honestly. I have done a reveiw of their system and found they are using a very old version of SQL, no patching solution and have very lax security. It is my job to convince them why it is in their best intereste to upgrade. The PFE guys really get into the role in this one and become quite nasty, looking on me as if im only out to get them to upgrade so that i can make a quick buck. I have to give them answers, on the spot detailing why i advise they should upgrade.
What they are also looking for here is truthfullness. If you dont know the answer to a question, dont bluff. The point here is that you cant know everything, and you need to have the ability and foresight to utilize other team members skills. This was very tough. There was also a section on Active Directory, sharepoint and a few other MS Enterprise products, the reason being that when on a customer site, you are the Microsoft go to guy.
I did not like this aspect of the role, as when you are getting this specialized in sql server, you are limited in how much time you can spend on obtaining deep knowledge of other applications. You are becomming a jack of all trades again, which is not something i expect from such a role.
In the end, i did not get the position, the reason being that i was not familiar enough with clustering, and i did not have enough knowledge of sharepoint and other apps. I really enjoyed the interview process though, and found it very educational. Remember to treat it as a two way process, as you are interviewing them and finding out about the position also. It was only in the last interview i found out that i needed to know a good deal on other applications, and knowing this, i dont think i would have taken the job even if offered it as this increases the pressure to levels im not comfortable with.
Would not have found this out if i didnt question them on it. I cant really get more specific than this as id have many pages of questions and my answers. You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Login to reply. Some questions on this role Post reply. December 22, at am My questions are though: 1. Thanks for the responses guys. Yes, you are correct Gail. Connect with the right support engineers to ensure rapid and effective solutions to minimize downtime.
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