Tomorrow, I have a job interview. The company is looking for someone
who has experience with "Oracle ERP". I've never used Oracle ERP, but
I have used SAP, and that was good enough to get me the interview. To
prepare, I'd like to learn as much as I can about Oracle ERP.
Unfortunately, I'm unable to find good information about it. Can
anyone help me with some basic information?

From my research so far, I believe that "Oracle ERP" is not a product
or even a suite of products, but simply a term used generally to refer
to various Oracle enterprise applications, like Oracle Financials and
Oracle Human Resources. Is that true?

I'm guessing that this company uses Oracle ERP software for some
combination of finance, HR, procurement, manufacturing, and sales. Are
there Oracle applications corresponding to all of those categories?
What are they named, and where can I go to experience the look and
feel of those applications?

As a database guy, what I really want to know is what the data model
looks like for the various parts of Oracle ERP. Also, what are the
reporting tools? How good are they, and how rigid?

As an aside, let me mention that I went to the Oracle website for this
research and I found it practically useless. My impression is that
they are focused on providing services, not products; there is very
little information about products and applications, and a lot of
emphasis on "solutions". That may be fine for corporate sales, but it
gives me no sense of what I'm going to actually see when they fire up
"Oracle ERP", and what I need to know in advance to talk about it
intelligently.

If anyone can offer advice, I'd be grateful.


-TC

On Apr 8, 1:49 pm, TC <golemdan... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
I would suggest you play to your strength. They know you do not know
Oracle ERP so why bother worrying now about that? What things in your
experience (SAP and ??) demonstrate the skills they are looking for?
What steps did you take to learn SAP? How can you use those steps to
learn what you need for this job? Those are the things that will make
you stand apart. Review your current ORACLE skills. Recall specific
examples of problems you have encountered and solved. How were those
problems similar to what they are encountering?

If the company was not willing to give you training or some time at
least to learn, then you would not have gotten the interview. trying
to cram for the exam is often a poor way to prepare.

HTH, and good luck!
Ed

On Apr 8, 1:49 pm, TC <golemdan... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
I would suggest you play to your strength. They know you do not know
Oracle ERP so why bother worrying now about that? What things in your
experience (SAP and ??) demonstrate the skills they are looking for?
What steps did you take to learn SAP? How can you use those steps to
learn what you need for this job? Those are the things that will make
you stand apart. Review your current ORACLE skills. Recall specific
examples of problems you have encountered and solved. How were those
problems similar to what they are encountering?

If the company was not willing to give you training or some time at
least to learn, then you would not have gotten the interview. trying
to cram for the exam is often a poor way to prepare.

HTH, and good luck!
Ed

On Apr 8, 1:49 pm, TC <golemdan... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
I would suggest you play to your strength. They know you do not know
Oracle ERP so why bother worrying now about that? What things in your
experience (SAP and ??) demonstrate the skills they are looking for?
What steps did you take to learn SAP? How can you use those steps to
learn what you need for this job? Those are the things that will make
you stand apart. Review your current ORACLE skills. Recall specific
examples of problems you have encountered and solved. How were those
problems similar to what they are encountering?

If the company was not willing to give you training or some time at
least to learn, then you would not have gotten the interview. trying
to cram for the exam is often a poor way to prepare.

HTH, and good luck!
Ed

On Apr 8, 1:49 pm, TC <golemdan... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote:
I would suggest you play to your strength. They know you do not know
Oracle ERP so why bother worrying now about that? What things in your
experience (SAP and ??) demonstrate the skills they are looking for?
What steps did you take to learn SAP? How can you use those steps to
learn what you need for this job? Those are the things that will make
you stand apart. Review your current ORACLE skills. Recall specific
examples of problems you have encountered and solved. How were those
problems similar to what they are encountering?

If the company was not willing to give you training or some time at
least to learn, then you would not have gotten the interview. trying
to cram for the exam is often a poor way to prepare.

HTH, and good luck!
Ed

On Apr 8, 11:38 am, Ed Prochak <edproc... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Mr. Prochak,

Thank you for the wonderful advice. Those are good and specific
suggestions, and I'll certainly take them into account.

However, I may have given the wrong impression in my original post.
I'm not cramming for the interview. I'm already well prepared. I'm
just spending a little time now to round off the rough edges. In this
case, that means learning a little of the basics about Oracle ERP.

Except for the Oracle experience, I'm actually a great fit for the
job, so I expect everything to go well tomorrow. But just in case, it
helps to have your good wishes. Thanks!


-TC

On Apr 8, 11:38 am, Ed Prochak <edproc... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Mr. Prochak,

Thank you for the wonderful advice. Those are good and specific
suggestions, and I'll certainly take them into account.

However, I may have given the wrong impression in my original post.
I'm not cramming for the interview. I'm already well prepared. I'm
just spending a little time now to round off the rough edges. In this
case, that means learning a little of the basics about Oracle ERP.

Except for the Oracle experience, I'm actually a great fit for the
job, so I expect everything to go well tomorrow. But just in case, it
helps to have your good wishes. Thanks!


-TC

On Apr 8, 11:38 am, Ed Prochak <edproc... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Mr. Prochak,

Thank you for the wonderful advice. Those are good and specific
suggestions, and I'll certainly take them into account.

However, I may have given the wrong impression in my original post.
I'm not cramming for the interview. I'm already well prepared. I'm
just spending a little time now to round off the rough edges. In this
case, that means learning a little of the basics about Oracle ERP.

Except for the Oracle experience, I'm actually a great fit for the
job, so I expect everything to go well tomorrow. But just in case, it
helps to have your good wishes. Thanks!


-TC

On Apr 8, 11:38 am, Ed Prochak <edproc... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Mr. Prochak,

Thank you for the wonderful advice. Those are good and specific
suggestions, and I'll certainly take them into account.

However, I may have given the wrong impression in my original post.
I'm not cramming for the interview. I'm already well prepared. I'm
just spending a little time now to round off the rough edges. In this
case, that means learning a little of the basics about Oracle ERP.

Except for the Oracle experience, I'm actually a great fit for the
job, so I expect everything to go well tomorrow. But just in case, it
helps to have your good wishes. Thanks!


-TC