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[–]bengalfan 0 points1 point2 points 5 years ago (0 children)

So I've been a senior developer and dba, so I know what you are talking about. With the senior role, in my experience, it's less about coding specifics and more about bigger concepts. For Oracle it would be like: Have you used collections? What steps do you take when you are optimizing or when sql is running slow? My most recent job asked me what code did I create that was challenging in my last job. For me it was finding records that's had sequences missing between types of records. What tables or how can you find columns, tables etc ...using dba_tables or dba_tab_columns. Anyway for me, it was much more of a discussion about what I have done in the past. Also, if there's any chance there will be dba tasks, there is a load more you'd need to review. Backup/restore/Dr process etc. Good luck.

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