SAP BASIS INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

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Motivation

During the course of an average project, I am usually

called upon by a project manager to "help screen

resources" for different parts of the project. And one

thing comes to mind ­ if done properly, it's very time

consuming, and it's really hard work!

My interviews usually sound something like this ­

Jim: "Please rate yourself , on a scale of 1-10 on your

SAP Basis knowledge and experience..."

Interviewee: "Um, probably something like 10..."

Jim: "OK, so, let me just say something... I don't

believe there is such a thing as a ten."

Interviewee: "What would you rate yourself?"

Jim: "I rate myself an 8."

Interviewee: "Why so low?"

Jim: "There's no such thing as a ten. All of the nines are

working at SAP, SAP Labs, or SAP Consulting, and so

basically that puts me at about an eight. But we're here

to talk about your skills. And so you think you're a 10,

huh? OK, so tell me what you know about debugging

the n-step approval workflow..."

And then I try to ask the questions that truly flesh out a

person's understanding of the software. It's part

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