Senior Consultant Interview Questions

It's up for your interpretation...

Yes it is, the platform is built on top of an oracle relational database.

@Gary just because the Force.com platform is built ON TOP of a relational database doesn't mean that it technically is one. It may have some similar constructs to a relational database, but it has some unique characteristics that make it markedly different, and also lacks some distinctive characterstics of a relational database. If I was interviewing you and you told me that the Force.com platform is a relational database because it was built on an Oracle DB I would give you +.01 points for knowing some relatively useless trivia about the underlying architecture and -10 points for not understanding the unique characteristics and limitations of the platform.

Prepare 2 or 3 answers and depending on your judgement or where your conversation is going give an answer.

Don't be too critical or too smooth either - personally choose a couple of traits of yours' you would like to hightlight (which you had'nt had a chance to sxpress before in the interview) and explain them. Also choose a couple of things you felt could have added value but due to constraints your boss was not able to let you do that.

My previous boss would say "Where is Scott, is he coming in today?"

Depends on the methodology/the equation.

WellSteps ROI Calculator https://www.wellsteps.com/roi/ might help with calculations

No, but my experience with other programming languages would aid in learning Fortran quickly.

Yes. I have experience with over 30 programming languages. My experience with Fortran was in college. I had one semester of it. I could do it if I needed to again. I learn programming languages very quickly. How to write and debug programs is a much more important skill than a particular language.

I said -"I am a big fat loudmouth that likes to be the center of attention" Their responses was - "You would fit in well here."

Says it all really.

Reduced the head count and asked client to bring more resources to table.

1. Assess Budget vs Actual Spend. Get burn rate , $ required to complete project, calculate Variance 2. Break delivery into phases, if possible. Research potential to request additional Budget. 3. Substitute high $ resources with low $, w/o negative impact to Quality & Timeline 4. Manage Scope, Quality, Resources to keep under Budget 5. Keep Client updated Daily on project spend 6 Keep Partners in loop daily

They are looking for someone who not only knows what SDLC is but someone who's got experience.

A cycle of planning, analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.

System Design Life Cycle