I hope you're not interviewing CS-IT students. I know a lot of IT studes
from DLSU (upperclassmen) who don't know much about programming (and other
technical computer stuff like what DMA really does or the difference between
IDE and SCSI). Malamang you'll find good programming students from ST
(Software Tech). Personally I find courses like IT, MIS, IS, IM to be
totally bullshit. These specializations can easily be learned in a true CS
course which I think should focus on a lot of programming and theories.
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From: Jolly Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] [WAY OT] What Computer skills should a
highschoolgraduatehave?
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Jolly Roger wrote:
> >
> >> Heh. Having interviewed many CS grads (from reputable schools!) that
seem to have gone 4 years without any programming experience either
(couldn't explain recursion, big-O notation, or debug a 20-line C function),
I don't think it makes a difference.
> >>
> >like what reputable schools?
>
> Ateneo and DLSU, sad to say. To put it bluntly, the CS grads I interviewed
over the last 2 years (batches 1999 and 2k I guess) were pretty bad. I have
not interviewed anyone from UP lately but my brother (Cum Laude, batch 2K)
seemed to have turned out OK. Hired a few from Mapua and 1 from AMA. They
did much better in the technical interviews.
>
> I try very hard not to discriminate based on alma mater, but recent ADMU
and DLSU grads seem to be very poor when it comes to technical interviews. I
ask the same set of questions and give the same little exam, so I don't
think I'm being unfair.
>
> >i'd have to agree, most cs students/graduates from "reputable schools"
> >tend to justify that they aren't good in debugging, or programming in a
> >certain language because they weren't taught that programming language in
> >their school.
>
> Tell me that during an interview and I'll tell you to your face that it's
a totally bullshit excuse.
>
> JR
>
>
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