ORACLE DBA INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

Greetings All,

In this article we are going to see few basic questions which may be asked during interviews for the position of Oracle Database Administator. These questions are my personal compiliation which can be asked in more generic way. Hope this article is helpful. Do leave your thoughts on the post, I would highly appreciate it. Now to the questions.

1. Can you walk me through your experience as an Oracle Database Administrator at your previous organization ?
2. What are your primary responsibilities in managing and tuning Oracle databases?
3. How do you approach disaster recovery using Oracle Data Guard and various recovery techniques like RMAN, Data Pump, and Flash Backup?
4. Could you explain your experience with Oracle RAC environments and high availability setups?
5. How do you mitigate performance issues in Oracle databases using utilities such as AWR, ADDM, and ASH?
6. Can you discuss a situation where you had to identify and escalate critical issues to Oracle Global Support? How did you handle it?
7. How do you create and maintain SOPs and knowledge bases for knowledge transfer and team uniformity?
8. In your role at your previous organization, how did you monitor Oracle Database Servers using OEM? Can you give an example?
9. What steps do you take to integrate Oracle Database Servers into OEM for better automation, administration, and performance management?
10. How do you manage database users, and what considerations do you keep in mind while creating and managing them?
11. How do you ensure proactive alert management to prevent database downtime and minimize business loss?
12. What is your understanding of the ITIL framework, and how do you apply it in your work?
13. Could you describe your experience with networking protocols like TCP/IP in the context of database management?
14. How do you perform database health checks and respond to incidents effectively?
15. How do you stay updated with the latest developments and best practices in Oracle Database Administration and cloud technologies?
16. Can you provide an example of a challenging situation you faced as a DBA and how you overcame it?

Feel free to post your answers in the comments and discusse. Will soon post questions which go more in details about Oracle Database Architecture and Day-to-Day tasks. Stay tuned and have a great day and great week ahead.