Hello,
I think that the border question is a little specific. I never memorize
order of parameters, I learn the concepts behind it. Knowing which
position comes first in a border-width command doesn't really demonstrate
your knowledge of css.
I think a better question would be something for inheritence of css, and set
up something with
.foo {
font-size: 10px;
color: #14191D;
}
.foo .bar {
font-size: 15px;
text-decoration: underline;
}
<div class="foo">
// blah blah
<div class="bar">Hello World</div>
</div>
What attributes will Hello World have on the screen?
correct answer being font-size 15px, underline, and color #14191D.
To get good programmers and designers, the trick is to not test them on
things like syntax. I consider myself to have a strong command on css and I
would never know the answer to the question to your border problem, as it
really doesn't hold any meaning. I take 1 minute out of my day to go to
www.w3schools.com and look up the syntax and I've got it.
For your programming question, I think someone without programming
experience could get that :)
I'm a big fan of the fizzbuzz question:
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000781.html
It's a very simple test that will quickly show to you if someone has basic
programming skills.
Hope that helps
- Brian
On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 10:07 AM, André Pitanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So, we're hiring a new webmaster here at work and I was tasked with
> producing a simple technical test. The person is supposed to have two years
> experience as a web dev. There's three parts: html, css, and webmaster
> questions. What do you think?
> (bonus: I'll tell you what my manager thought)
>
> HTML
>
> 1) Which HTML attribute is used to define inline styles?
> a) font
> b) styles
> c) css
> d) text
> e) style
>
> 2) What is the correct HTML for referring to an external style sheet?
> a) <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mainstyle.css">
> b) <style src="mainstyle.css">
> c) <stylesheet>mainstyle.css</stylesheet>
> d) <link url="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mainstyle.css">
>
> 3) Which HTML tag is used to define an internal style sheet?
> a) <script>
> b) <css>
> c) <stylesheet>
> d) <style>
>
> CSS
>
> 4) Which is the correct CSS syntax?
> a) body {color: black}
> b) body:color=black
> c) {body:color=black}
> d) {body color:black}
>
> 5) How does one set a border like this:
>
> The top border = 10 pixels, The bottom border = 5 pixels, The left
> border = 20 pixels, The right border = 1pixel.
>
> a) border-width:10px 20px 5px 1px
> b) border-width:10px 1px 5px 20px
> c) border-width:10px 5px 20px 1px
> d) border-width:5px 20px 10px 1px
>
> 6) What are the three methods for using style sheets with a web page
> a) Dreamweaver, GoLive or FrontPage
> b) In-Line, External or Embedded
> c) Handcoded, Database-driven or WYSIWYG
>
> PROGRAMMING
>
> 7) a and b are variables.
>
> a = 10
> b = 20
> a = b
>
> The new values of a and b are, respectively:
>
> WEBMASTER
>
> 8) What factors determine your recommended maximum home page size (in
> kilobytes)? How are the factors related?
>
> 9) Why use Flash in web development? Why not?
>
> 10) Why is "separation of style and content" recommended in web
> development?
>
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