IMHO - Would be your biggest concern/challenge working with z/OS? Wheter I like them or not Microsoft learned a lot form us. The only thing I woud never allow to have happen would be an Auto IPL after pulling Maintenace after a pull. And we all detest PATCH Thursday
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2025 2:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Interview questions Long ago, interviewing for job at software vendor, I was asked the best question I remember being asked: "If you started work tomorrow, what product would you want to develop". I had an answer, but reserved it for when I DID start work. It went on to be quite successful. There's probably a useful version of that for interviewing a system programmer applicant: "If you started work tomorrow, what..." ...would be your biggest concern/challenge working with z/OS? ...might be the first configuration/customization change you'd want to make? ...would be your ideal set of maintenance/administration tools to deploy? Etc. On Tue, 27 May 2025 14:18:48 +0000, rpinion865 <[email protected]> wrote: >I will be retiring in early June 2025. My manager asked if I would be >interested in doing part-time work for my current employer. >While I have mixed feeling regarding continued work, I agreed to the part-time >schedule. My wife and I will be spending time >in Eastern Europe for several months, starting in early June 25. While my >manager would prefer to keep me, he is being asked >by my employer to interview possible candidates for my position. If a suitable >person is not found, my part-time work could be >extended. > >With all of that said, I have been asked to participate in the interview >process. I have always been on the interviewee side of >the table, never the interviewer. I would appreciate it very much, if the list >could give me questions to ask during the interview >process. The person needs to be a z/OS generalist, with experience in >installing and maintaining z/OS and ISV products, >RACF administration, DASD administration, TS77xx/GRID configuration, DR/BCP >planning and execution, DASD replication >(IBM DS8xxx or HDS), and performance and tuning. Thanks in advance. > >"Confidentially doc, I am the wabbit." > >Bugs Bunny > >Sent with [Proton Mail](https://proton.me/mail/home) secure email. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
