I just read Jason Massie’s new Capt. Varchar(MAX) comic. If you have spent much time interviewing SQL Server candidates I’m sure this will bring back some memories.

I was helping a company phone screens candidates for a Senior DBA position a while back. We went through such a bad string of candidates that the three of us started taking bets. Half way through each phone screen we would vote if we thought the candidate would know what the “DELETE <table>” statement was used for, loser bought the others lunch. The really sad thing was that these were supposed to be senior level candidates.

What’s your best SQL Server interview story?

For those of you interviewing for an IT job. Brent Ozar just posted The Top 10 Questions To Ask When Taking an IT Job.