First prize to Scott. Well done. Nick.
On 3 Jul 2012, at 20:59, Aldous, Scott wrote: > I believe Nick may be fishing for the answer - a voltage selector switch. > > Back to the original question… Of course, an interview is much better for > assessing this type of knowledge, but if you have to have questions on an > application where candidates fill it out from home, you could ask questions > based on personal experience, such as “describe an experience you have had > where you solved an issue with creepage distance and how you did it” or > something like that. People could always just lie and make something up, but > it should be pretty easy to tell if someone has no idea what they’re talking > about. Much harder to Google this type of specific problem and solution, I > would think. > > Scott Aldous > Compliance Engineer > AE Solar Energy > > +1.970.492.2065 Direct > +1.970.407.5872 Fax > +1.541.312.3832 Main > scott.ald...@aei.com > 1625 Sharp Point Drive > Fort Collins, CO 80525 > > www.advanced-energy.com/solarenergy > > > From: emc-p...@ieee.org [mailto:emc-p...@ieee.org] On Behalf Of IBM Ken > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 1:43 PM > To: Nick Williams > Cc: Kevin Robinson; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG > Subject: Re: Interview Questions > > Not sure this is what you are looking for; but the 110-230V unit is rated as > a range, so the tolerance would be below 110 and above 230. The 110/230 V > has two distinct rating ranges, so the tolerances would be above and below > 110 AND above and below 230VAC. That's the first thing that pops into mind, > anyway. > > PS: Who operates at 110VAC 50Hz? > > > > On Tue, Jul 3, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Nick Williams > <nick.willi...@conformance.co.uk> wrote: > This has the makings of an extremely esoteric pub quiz, if we're not careful! > > Here is one, adapted from a phone enquiry I dealt with this morning this > morning: > > You have two appliances. One is marked "110 - 230V ~50Hz" and the other is > marked "110/230V ~50Hz". What do you look for on one which is missing from > the other? > > I'll let the group answer. > > Nick. > > On 3 Jul 2012, at 19:38, Kevin Robinson wrote: > > > Hello All, > > I have recently been tasked with writing a set of questions that job > candidates would need to answer at the same time they apply for a > position requiring knowledge of product safety evaluation, testing > and practices. These questions would serve as an automated pre > screening mechanism. Questions like "What does the term creepage > distance mean?" would be perfect , however the challenge that I am > facing is finding questions that the answers are not easily found > using Google. If anyone has any product safety related questions that > they would not mind sharing, I would greatly appreciate it. > > Kevin Robinson > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc > discussion list. 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