Comments on Hans Forbrich Blog: Some thought about Oracle Certification

Hi Hans:The 'Oracle Certification Professionals' b...

2008-08-11T23:52:00.000-06:00

Hi Hans:
The 'Oracle Certification Professionals' blog is a forum for candidates to share their exam preparation approach/strategy and their test taking experiences.
I'm starting a weekly feature on the blog called "Meet the Experts".
With your permission, I would like to publish a Q&A session with you.
Future candidates would greatly benefit from your advice and be encouraged to pursue a certification path.
Please reply with your approval so that I can send the list of questions for the Q&A to you.
Thanks in advance,
Mohan, a.k.a. OCP Advisor
OCP Blog - http://ebizocp.blogspot.com

Yes. By looking at the list of course that are el...

2008-07-08T13:10:00.000-06:00

Yes. By looking at the list of course that are eligible, you will find some course down to the 1-2K range. And getting a company to sign up for a registered Work Experience program or signing up for Oracle Academy can drop that down even more, potentially to $0.

The ability to think there might options, to look for those options, to find those options ... those are key signs to me that I have an independent thinker who, together with having attained an OCP, should be a superior job candidate.

On the other hand, those people who do not recognize the price as a problem to be solved, but simply something to whine about ...

I menat 5k for the classes you have to take. OCP ...

2008-07-08T12:18:00.000-06:00

I menat 5k for the classes you have to take. OCP requires at least 1 class. Or is there a cheaper option?

$5K? Anyone who drops 5K on this is obviously not...

2008-06-30T14:55:00.000-06:00

$5K? Anyone who drops 5K on this is obviously not paying attention.

The need to purchase training from Oracle for a ce...

2008-06-30T12:37:00.000-06:00

The need to purchase training from Oracle for a cert kind of puts me off. I think it is annoying that you can't display a credential unless you've dropped $5k on a training class.

I agree with the value of it; totally depends on the person's situation. I do a lot of interviews and I ask the people the same questions regardless of cert status but if two people come in close and one of them went out of their way to get certified, I would probably go with that person.

LewisC