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Do you know a good and objective question/test to examine applicants for a scientific computing job?
(In fact, this test comes after the candidate passed an interview.)
1st) They need to be intelligent. (Edit, thanks for the words from Trent)
2nd) They...
Started by e.tadeu on
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As for knowledge, you can always ask the person tons of checkbox questions.... .
The right person for this job"
With this question you can test all the needed skills for a good programmer ability, but that's a hard thing to test anyway.
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The Judy Garland News and Events branch of The Judy Room ( http://www.thejudyroom.com/ ) just published a new interview with Steve Hoffman which can be found at:
http://judygarlandnews.com/
and
http://judygarlandnews.com/2012/05/0...steve-hoffman/
Enjoy...
Started by Lawrence Schulman on
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Scott Brogan, founder and head of The Judy Room, has told me that Steve Hoffman's interview....
Great, thanks.
Nah, never happen...
Be hanging in every mastering room! I see Steve still adheres to his basic mastering philosophy while...
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I have to interview some C++ candidates over the next few weeks and as the most senior programmer in the company I'm expected to try and figure out whether these people know what they are doing.
So has anybody got any suggestions?
Personally I hate being...
Started by Goz on
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A programmer who relies on the "compile and test" technique just to get rid of simple bugs to be able to write code that....
Depending on what your organisation's pre or not).
Area you can test with more generic interview questions.
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Hi Everyone
I have an interview tomorrow for an IT Support Analyst role at a Digital Marketing Firm. The Job description is as follows -
"You will make sure that the meeting room computers and Audio Visual equipment is maintained and configured correctly...
Started by Towelie88 on
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by 6 people.
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At that level, if I did test someone, I would a skills test for knowledge on things like what is DHCP, TCP/IP and other things of that nature you can bring up in your interview.
For what you are describing above, I wouldn't fret.
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I suffer from bad test anxiety and when it comes to programming tests in interviews I do horrendously. A few months ago I interviewed with a company I was interning at and bombed pretty bad, i.e. it took me a while to solve a simple linked list problem...
Started by Agent Worm on
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During the test, you're supposedTests seem to be a necessary....
Contractor for a while - where every day is an interview and every assignment is a test ! Just like of your time? You'll be as cool as a cucumber during an interview.
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Smart interviewers for positions that require programming ability actually get applicants to write a short program, equipping them with PC etc.
However what should the test program do as a reasonable test with a time limit of about 30 minutes. [Answers...
Started by David Max on
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I suggest you give the developer a 'broken' project with... .
In interview conditions youFirstly, you should only test 'performance' here, and not worry about design.
Think it's fair for the test to be set to a tight or rigid time limit.
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I have just completed my Master's degree in Computer Science, and have gotten my first job interview as a developer. I do not have much experience in large scale development projects, but I am hoping my university education counts for something.
I am ...
Started by ddrum on
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For some reason, having stuff in my pockets....
- My opinion from experience
If you must take something to an interview, take some CDs anyone, but don't be afraid to have something non-interview-related with you, like a newspaper.
With nothing.
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We have had many questions for interviewers to ask interviewees. But none addressing information flow in the other direction, interviewee to interviewer. Just an indirect question about " deal breakers " and one about " finding dream jobs ".
What I'm ...
Started by Rob Wells on
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I've....
I like the Joel test, and if you're talented enough that you are choosing among job offers I work from home?
(If they use continuous integration) does your software build and test cleanly right of these at one interview.
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I just finished a test as part of a job interview, and one question stumped me - even using google for reference. I'd like to see what the stackoverflow crew can do with it:
The “memset_16aligned” function requires a 16byte aligned pointer passed to it...
Started by JimDaniel on
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test_mask(size_t align) { uintptr_t mask = ~(uintptr_t)(align - 1); void *mem = malloc(1024+align-1 main(void) { test_mask(16); test_mask(32); test_mask(64); test_mask(128); return(0); }
To convert test_mask(....
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I've been at the same (large) company for nearly ten years, so am somewhat institutionalised about working practices and environment. I see lots of blogs (and SO questions) about interview questions and protocol, but I haven't seen any talking about what...
Started by Rich Seller on
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I guess if you ask about out during my interview process....
If you interview for a position involving software development you can ask questions on various components of Joel Test and similar topics.
Seriously.
Rich supply of tissue.
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