Hyper-V or VMWare?

More DBA job interview questions and answers at http://dba.fyicenter.com/Interview-Questions/

(Continued from previous question...)

Hyper-V or VMWare?

Similar question to asking someone if the prefer Kirk or Picard, depending upon the role you have in mind for your DBA you may expect the candidate has some experience with virtualization. It would be good to know if they have practical, hands-on experience with any particular type of virtualization software. Unless you are expecting them to be your VM admin, I wouldn’t worry too much if they only have experience with one or the other. In other words if you are a VMWare shop I wouldn’t think that the candidate only using Hyper-V would be a deal breaker for you. The important thing here is that they can demonstrate some familiarity with the concepts of virtualization, if needed.

This may be one of the more technical discussions you have, as the answers could lead you down a path of talking about network cards and cable, virtual switches, storage, RAID, virtual CPU, live migrations, etc. Listening to the candidate share some war stories is good way to get an understanding of their true skills.

(Continued on next question...)

Other Job Interview Questions

• Can you give me references from other DBAs and developers who aren’t at your company?
• For Junior DBA’s - Are You a Problem Solver?
• Oracle Apps DBAs - Which user you use to install Oracle Apps 11i/R12 on Unix/Linux ?
• Oracle Apps DBAs - What is staging area ?
• Why are you here?
• What is the most important job function for a database administrator?
• Junior DBA’s - Do You Know What You Don’t Know?
• SQL Server - Explain when and how transactions should be used.
• ORACLE_HOM - Why do we get error when we run “opmnctl status” from ....
• Oracle Apps DBAs - Adsplice –I have a 3 node installation: 1. Forms 2. Web 3. CM/Admin/Reports and DB which node I will run the adsplice on, to install a new product ?
• More...