Well, the best method I ever saw for finding out what people are really like
went something like this:
HOLDEN
You're in a desert, walking along
in the sand when all of a sudden
you look down and see a...
LEON
What one?
HOLDEN
What?
LEON
What desert?
HOLDEN
Doesn't make any difference what
desert -- it's completely
hypothetical.
LEON
But how come I'd be there?
HOLDEN
Maybe you're fed up, maybe you
want to be by yourself -- who
knows. So you look down and
see a tortoise. It's crawling
towards you...
LEON
A tortoise. What's that?
HOLDEN
Know what a turtle is?
LEON
Of course.
HOLDEN
Same thing.
LEON
I never seen a turtle.
LEON
But I understand what you mean.
HOLDEN
You reach down and flip the
tortoise over on its back, Leon.
LEON
You make these questions, Mr.
Holden, or they write 'em down
for you?
HOLDEN
The tortoise lays on its back,
its belly baking in the hot sun,
beating its legs trying to turn
itself over. But it can't. Not
without your help. But you're
not helping.
LEON
Whatcha mean, I'm not helping?
HOLDEN
I mean you're not helping!
Why is that, Leon?
...
So, you make these questions Mr. Rentfrow, or they write 'em down for you?
--Tim
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** For what it's worth....
My favorite interview question "What do you do in your free
time?". I then look for them to be passionate about SOMETHING else in
their life. I like people who are well rounded and have other
interests. I don't even care if I find their particular pass time to be
extremely dangerous/stupid/boring/etc - it's none of my
business.
What I do NOT want to hear is an answer that gives me the
impression the person does not get out and live life.
The only other immediate red flag for me (other than the
obvious racist/sexist/etc) is someone who has a negative attitude. That
stuff is like cancer and can not be allowed around a professional
setting. We've all had days that go so poorly where we'd rather be back in
bed by 9am - that's not unique. What is unique is how you deal with
it.
One of my employees told me I was "mean" when I interviewed
her because I didn't ask her any of the questions she had prepared for
:)
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At best it overcomplicates your
qualification:
'TR.Field' != 'DB.Field'
AND 'TR.Field' != $NULL$
vs.
'Field' != 'DB.Field'
At worst it will lead to incorrect results. The
'TR.Field' notation could have a value even if the field hasn't changed (via a
push field). And while you can build a qualification to take care of this,
it gets really hairy quickly, and isn't necessary.
Thad Esser
Remedy Developer
"Argue for your limitations,
and sure enough, they're yours."-- Richard Bach
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Ok I'll take the bite. Why never?
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How about:
"What qualification would you use to detect if the value of a field has
changed?"
Or:
"When is it appropriate to use a TR value in a qualification"?
(Hint: NEVER)
:-)
Thad Esser
Remedy Developer
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I always though questions pertaining to the three phases that filters
were processed in was a good question to ask.
Even if the interviewee did not know the answer - exactly - it would
get them talking about push, set,notifications and messaging.
On Feb 19, 2008 6:31 PM, Doug Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Best interview question:
>
> What animal is on the cover of the O'Reilly X-Window System books?
>
> Only someone who has actually looked will know that this series has solid
> color covers and no animals.
>
> What you're really looking for is some indication that the interviewee is
> familiar with O'Reilly, and maybe (with luck) has one or two of them in a
> storage locker somewhere, and has been around computing long enough to
> understand X. If they've mastered that, they understand operating systems,
> and you can infer much from the conversation about which O'Reilly and
> Nutshell books are on their shelf. You can then have some fun talking about
> the animals and pets before resuming the interview :-)
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> ><whew!> I thought I was the only one!
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> >Lisa
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> >Dang - 10 years on and still cant answer some of these...!!!
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> >Mark Rushton
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> >**
> >1. What is the primary table in the AR System data dictionary?
> >2. How does the AR System manage the data you see in Remedy Forms?
> >3. Without using DSO or EIE, what are your thoughts for providing a
> >'STANDARDIZED'
> methodology for interfacing/integrating with Remedy applications. This
> customer was actually
> looking to use C.I.M. or some other open standard solution to interface
> with Remedy.... maybe a good discussion for the list!!!
> >4. How do you trouble shoot AR System server outages to restore access to
> the system?
> >5. How does mid-tier work and where does it fit in the client server
> architecture?
> >6. Describe how filters work? They were actually looking how filters
> work in different phases... which led to the next question.
> >7. Can you force a filter to fire all actions in the first phase?
> >8. List all of the possible uses for guides. They were looking for walking
> >tables.
> >
> >These are all pretty simple questions. I also get some questions about
> >turning on/off server
> features using the configuration files (ar.conf/ar.cfg).
> >
> >Hope this helps some,
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> >Marc
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> >On 2/19/08, Remedy Service Desk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> >Hi All,
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> >Hope you are doing well, can I request for Remedy Interview questions?
> >
> >Thanks
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