RE: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-02-06 Thread Dylan Tusler
As for Notoriety in blog? i don't need it.. i had my name in lights thanks to your WPF app (that was oversold on complexity)... the one that is going to keep the WPF torch alive...as with apps like these, who needs bloggers who discuss confidential and/or disparaging remarks ...as

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-02-03 Thread Scott Barnes
RE: Boss question. Yeah, negative will always trump positive in short term and long term memory recall as it was more memorable. At times we don't often realize the positive until we are faced with the negative and if a candidate spends a lot of time isolating the negative in an interview, give em

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-02-03 Thread mike smith
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Scott Barnes scott.bar...@gmail.com wrote: RE: Boss question. Yeah, negative will always trump positive in short term and long term memory recall as it was more memorable. At times we don't often realize the positive until we are faced with the negative and if

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-02-03 Thread Scott Barnes
No they told me they were looking for the I don't know moment. It had to do with knowing ones limits and less about working through the problem. Once yo know your limits you can rethink your attack on improving them .. rinse/repeat/rinse/repeat.. that sounded very Confucius of me but ...its

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-02-03 Thread David Connors
Another one you might want to add to your list Scott: Have you ever or would you post a heap of confidential and/or disparaging information about previous employment to the Internet in order to gain notoriety for your blog? - Relevance: Works out if they are a loose canon/liability. On 4

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-20 Thread Tony McGee
You're hired! Coffee as a Service (CaaS) is going to be the next big thing. On 20/01/2011 11:02 AM, Noon Silk wrote: Haha, wow, I would completely fail here. I must admit I have no technical understanding of the process of coffee making. I could explain the process of walking to the local

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-20 Thread Stephen Price
we'll call it Java! wait. ohh... I see what they did On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:57 PM, Tony McGee tmc...@pacific.net.au wrote: You're hired! Coffee as a Service (CaaS) is going to be the next big thing. On 20/01/2011 11:02 AM, Noon Silk wrote: Haha, wow, I would completely fail here. I must

RE: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-20 Thread Dylan Tusler
: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com To: ozDotNet ReplyTo: ozDotNet Subject: [OT](ish) Interview Questions Sent: 20 Jan 2011 01:43 Hello, Anyone have any thoughts/lists on a update-to-date set of questions to ask people (senior .net). I'm preparing a list now (trying to find my old one from a few years ago

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread djones147
-boun...@ozdotnet.com To: ozDotNet ReplyTo: ozDotNet Subject: [OT](ish) Interview Questions Sent: 20 Jan 2011 01:43 Hello, Anyone have any thoughts/lists on a update-to-date set of questions to ask people (senior .net). I'm preparing a list now (trying to find my old one from a few years ago), just

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Preet Sangha
they check if the old filter is still in the machine. Etc. Hth Davy --Original Message-- From: Noon Silk Sender: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com To: ozDotNet ReplyTo: ozDotNet Subject: [OT](ish) Interview Questions Sent: 20 Jan 2011 01:43 Hello, Anyone have any thoughts/lists

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Noon Silk
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:48 AM, David Connors da...@codify.com wrote: On 20 January 2011 10:43, Noon Silk noonsli...@gmail.com wrote:  Anyone have any thoughts/lists on a update-to-date set of questions to ask people (senior .net). I'm preparing a list now (trying to find my old one from a

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread David Richards
throw new NotSupportedException(cup of coffee); David If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes  will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!  -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:56, djones...@gmail.com wrote: I'm at your home and I want a cup of coffee,

RE: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Greg Keogh
It' s not Friday but: Ask them Do you code in VB? If they answer yes, then you call security to frogmarch them to the front door. (name withheld)

RE: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Michael Lyons
...@gmail.com; ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions throw new NotSupportedException(cup of coffee); David If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes  will fall like a house of cards... checkmate!  -Zapp Brannigan, Futurama On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:56, djones...@gmail.com

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Noon Silk
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been a fan of: Pick the project you have most enjoyed working on and describe in general terms it's architecture. Allow them to use a whiteboard and listen carefully to the terms they use. How well

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Michael Minutillo
That's correct. You're hired! On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Stephen Price step...@littlevoices.comwrote: My answer to that last one would be a simple Sorry. :) On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: I've always been a fan of: Pick the

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Noon Silk
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Michael Minutillo michael.minuti...@gmail.com wrote: There's no right answer to the level of detail thing but it's still interesting to see. If they tailor the info to the audience then that's a good thing in general. If they just say it was a 3-tier app with a

RE: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread Alastair Waddell
We would have also accepted - My shout, I owe you beer. -Original Message- From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of Michael Minutillo Sent: Thursday, 20 January 2011 11:11 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread mike smith
Silk Sender: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com To: ozDotNet ReplyTo: ozDotNet Subject: [OT](ish) Interview Questions Sent: 20 Jan 2011 01:43 Hello,  Anyone have any thoughts/lists on a update-to-date set of questions to ask people (senior .net). I'm preparing a list now (trying to find my old

Re: [OT](ish) Interview Questions

2011-01-19 Thread mike smith
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Greg Keogh g...@mira.net wrote: It' s not Friday but: Ask them Do you code in VB? If they answer yes, then you call security to frogmarch them to the front door. I thought of phrasing that in McCarthyism. Do you now, or have you ever... -- Meski Going to