> > Evidently your friends company I snot interested in employing competent > > staff. :-) > > It's a company that offer mainly hosting services and web design. They are > quite good on Linux administration and MySQL/PHP programming but they > haven't got the foggiest idea on C/C++ programming.
You see, it's *they* that need the multiple choice, not the person they intend to test. ;-) I interviewed several thousand people (over a period of several years) for a contractor agency (Metro IS, before Keen ate them up). I had a decent layout of questions I used. But none were multiple choice and they should be asked only by a person who had a strong grasp of C++ themselves. When you are done with the interview you'd know exactly how much the interviewee knew about C++. They gave me an initial list, and over time I modified it and added to it. I was sad to see Keen come along. They dropped the screening altogether. It was a nice second job. Paid $70 an hour, no demands (just write a tech summary after the interview), no deadlines, no way to lose. I just told them when I was available and lined up the interviews. Some nights I'd do 5 - 6 (each took an hour). Talk about a nice extra paycheck... :-) (sigh) those were the good ol days... Anyway, if you want me to see if I can find this doc let me know and I'll dig around for it. /dev
