> -----Original Message----- > From: DURETTE, STEVEN J (ATTASIAIT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, 6 July 2007 4:32 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Coldfusion MX7 Developer Exam for certification, a must? > Wher e is the location of the exam? > > > Out of the last five or so that we hired, ONE really knows ColdFusion.
+1 Then > there was the one. Great resume, "extensive experience" with SQL, CF, > and other things; great responses from previous employers. Had to fire > him after a week. He didn't even know do a simple table join. (we now > ask basic technical questions during the interview) Amen to that. However, I also have scant regard for certification. I now do two things: 1. Just talk to them. If someone is knowledgeable and enthusiastic it will show. And I do expect my programmers to be able to speak. In an interview, I expect a programmer to a) tell me something I didn't know - they're keen and up with all the buzzwords, right? and b) get so intrigued with something I tell them that they forget to be the poised interviewee and go into problem-solving mode. 2. Ask them to read out load from a page of code (any page). If they say nothing more than "this is a loop followed by a query" I'm not impressed. If they say "Hey, it looks like you've coded your own free text search here. Are you trying to work around the file limits in Verity? Did you try Lucene?" I *am* impressed. Jaime Metcher ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283023 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
