I always liked the self-referential interview question (although it works in a variety of contexts, mostly geeky): "If you were me what question would you ask?" then -- answer that question. Or "What is the best possible question for this interview?" Cheers Robin
2009/9/10 Christopher Schmidt <[email protected]> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 01:02:12PM -0700, Anselm Hook wrote: > > Indeed it was fun to try the puzzles out - they were a distraction > > from an already busy day down here in SF! > > > > It could be fun, but perilous to my schedule, to make a list of > > puzzles like this. > > ITA Software is well known in the Boston area for having puzzles as part > of their job application process: > > http://www.itasoftware.com/careers/jlisting.html?uid=700679 > > has a list of some of them. > > Their puzzles lean more towards the 'algorithmic' side (like the second > question that Ian posted), and one of the key things they used to do > in the area was have an algorithmic problem that can be expressed on a > billboard -- something like "How many palindromes are there in the english > language that can be expressed in fewer than 12 letters" or something like > that. Apparently they used to get a number of their candidates that way. > > I think Microsoft started doing the same kind of thing when they > moved to Cambridge for one of their offices. > > Of course, Cambridge -- with MIT, Harvard, and approximately 100 other > colleges in a 20 mile radius -- is somewhat uniquely suited for subway > system advertisements directing technical challenges at the riders of the > system. > > -- Chris > > > - me > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Brandon Martin-Anderson > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ironically Ian's pre-screen test is more likely, I think, to pique > people's > > > attention than to weed them out. Hackers are compulsive problem > solvers. I > > > was tempted to solve the problems - and I've worked for Ian. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geowanking mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > > -- > Christopher Schmidt > MetaCarta > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org > -- Cheers Robin Robin Allenson InnerBalloons +31 642 396041
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