Charlie, No, sorry. This was code on their in-house server. As I recall Figi's program was a routine that read some files, did some calculations, and printed out the results to green-bar.
You can build a similar test suite out of any program(s): 1) Chose working, cleanly designed, program. 2) Write down a list of code/design techniques which would demonstrate what your company needs. 3) find in 1 examples of 2, and then devilishly apply hacks which break 2. (typos, mangled loops, misplaced logic switches, etc.) 4) find a broken keyboard. Marc Rutherford Principal Programmer/Analyst Advanced Bionics LLC 661 362-1754 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charlie Noah Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 8:26 AM To: U2 Users List Subject: Re: [U2] [OT] Interview Questions Hi Marc, I don't suppose you have a copy of that program you'd be willing to share? Charlie On 10-08-2013 10:10 AM, Rutherford, Marc wrote: > My all-time best interview was 20 years ago at FigiGraphics in San Diego. I > was given a (Basic) program I was told had 12 known bugs in it. I was given > twenty minutes to find and fix them. Some were trivial, but annoying to > debug none the less. Others were more subtle, and several involved mutual > interactions. The group of them did provide enough coverage so as to > demonstrate if you had a broad Basic knowledge plus debug/code skills. > > Also I was seated at work station with a keyboard that had a bad key. Part > of the test was to see how long I would go before I complained. Of course > the lost time came out of my twenty minute allotment.... :-) > > I am surprised that in my entire career this was the only time I had ever > been given a hands-on 'performance test' by a hiring company. > > And how many times have I been assigned by my company to an interview panel > where we would pick someone who 'interviewed well' - only for them to go down > in flames later on... > > Marc Rutherford > Principal Programmer/Analyst > Advanced Bionics LLC > 661 362-1754 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin King > Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 7:36 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: [U2] [OT] Interview Questions > > This is not specifically a job posting, but I do have ads up on Monster and > LinkedIn looking for talent. > > At the risk of confessing too much, I have historically been far too easy in > the interview process. As a result, I have had some less-than-excellent > hires and spent far too much time and money trying to rescue underperforming > and/or recalcitrant staff. Therefore, I'm planning to be much more > discriminating this time around, and am building a series of technical > questions to help quickly identify those that have the right skills, > abilities, and attitude for our team compared to those who may not. > > That being said, I have a question for the group: > > Technical questions aside, what are the best interview questions you've > asked, been asked, or otherwise heard about that help differentiate between > the candidates worthy of additional consideration vs. those that are not? > > Each company is different of course, but that aside I'm hoping to get some > ideas to cut to the heart of the matter as quickly and efficiently as > possible, both for the sake of the interviewer and the interviewee. (My > technical interview is bordering on 200 questions and growing at an alarming > pace.) If there were a half dozen questions to open with that could help set > the stage for what may be to come, that could be very beneficial for everyone > in this mix. > > Also, in an effort to keep the OT to a minimum, please don't ask me questions > about the positions here. If you have questions, email me directly or > through LinkedIn. I'd prefer to keep this topic on point of your recommended > interview questions. > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
