Thanks Dev, I'd be grateful if you could send me your questions. cheers, Carlos
----- Original Message ----- From: "/dev/null" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 8:15 AM Subject: Re: [msvc] C++ test [OT] > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > msvc mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > See http://beginthread.com/mailman/listinfo/msvc_beginthread.com for subscription changes, and list archive.
