My apologies to Aaron and anyone else on the list
who read this as an attack on Aaron (and anyone
who was going to post Aaron's same corrections)
It really wasn't my intent.
But having taken a second look at it,
I can see how it could be read that way.
Especially given the recent heated debate
on the list.
My apologies.
Aaron Sherman said:
> On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 08:17 -0500, Greg London wrote:
>> 5: What is printed when this script executes?
>> package Dog;
>> sub Speak { print Dumper [EMAIL PROTECTED]; }
>> Dog->Speak('woof');
>
> Bot answers are the same, "nothing". I'd ask a followup question: What
> if I used "perl -MData::Dumper"; to run it?
In a one-on-one verbal interview, if they answered "nothing"
and said nothing else, I'd probably note to myself that the
applicant is problem-oriented, rather than solution oriented.
I then might ask "How would you fix it? And what would the output be then?"
But I would not give them the fix. I'd still want to know if they
could get it workign on their own.
If the applicant shows a tendancy towards being problem-oriented
but shows initiative and an understanding of perl, I'd probably
put them on a verification job, because those guys are paid to
tear apart other people's code.
If teh applicant just gave the answer [ 'Dog', 'woof' ] without
mentioning the compile problem, I'd make a note that they are
more solution-oriented and would hire them as a designer.
If the applicant pointed out the problem but then offered a solution
without further questioning, I'd note that they can see the problems
but have the initiative to offer solutions on their own. They'd
probably get the team-lead positions.
And if the applicant seems to take joy in simply pointing out
the problem as a way of demonstrating how smart they are but
consistently needs prodding to answer the meat of the question,
I wouldn't let them work for me if you paid me. I've got a
linux box with perl installed that will complain about compile
errors and just sit there until I fix them. I don't need to hire
someone to do that.
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