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What frustrated you most at your previous job?
Lastly, there’s a reason why the candidate came to your office today, and you need to know more about why. This question is framed better than the traditional “why are you leaving your last job”. Asking them about their frustrations allows for you to get some insight as to what they are looking for in their new role. This allows for you to know rather quickly if they are likely to be frustrated with you as well. For example “I was frustrated with being called every night” won’t bode well for them if you are expecting them to also be on call.
This also gives you some insight as to how they work with others. If they sit there and bad mouth everyone they used to work with, that’s a huge red flag about the working relationship you can expect as well.
In addition to the questions, and the conversation that ensues, you are also going to want to evaluate the candidate in other areas. For example, you can look for certain things that would have the candidate stand out among the others, or where they fail to measure up.
And there you have it, five additional questions to ask of any DBA in an interview. You can alter these to fit your needs for whatever role you are trying to fill, just keep in mind that you want to frame everything in the form of a conversation. After these questions you can move into more targeted questions with any candidate that has done well.
If you can follow this outline and have a good conversation then you are going to be able to identify the right candidate.
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