VB.NET Question

[Tom Wright]

Okay, I have my first VB.NET interview coming up in a couple of weeks and I want to prepare (currently I am doing COBOL and PLSQL)I used to program in C# and have been writing some VB.NEt apps on the side. Can you guys give me some question that you think I might be asked so that I can bone up on my terms and definitions? Thanks Tom

Tom Wright tawright915@gmail.com

[Christian Graus]

I'd suggest that there's no standard set of questions. If you don't know VB.NET well enough, you won't get the job. A lot of interviews will give you an on the spot programming task. If I were you, instead of trying to figure out how to fool the interviewers, I'd be doing lots of VB.NET to get as far ahead as I could for the interview.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

[Colin Angus Mackay]

Tom Wright wrote:

Can you guys give me some question that you think I might be asked so that I can bone up on my terms and definitions?

I agree with Christian. There is no standard set of questions. What we do in interviews is look at the candidates CV and ask questions on what is in it. If you are missing a skill that we want, but can answer well on what you claim you can do then you have a good chance of being hired and we'll then help you get the missing skill up to speed. If, however, you can't answer questions on what you have in your CV you'll be shown where the door is. So, presumably you have C# on your CV. C# is close enough to VB.NET (i.e. they share the same framework) that if I asked you to describe how you'd create a connection to a database, for example, you could give me a reasonable answer. You also have PLSQL (which I'm not familiar with) but the general concepts of relational databases apply. So, if I asked you a question on data normalisation then I'd expect a reasonable reply.

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[Paul Conrad]

Colin Angus Mackay wrote:

C# is close enough to VB.NET (i.e. they share the same framework) that if I asked you to describe how you'd create a connection to a database, for example, you could give me a reasonable answer.

I agree. Most of the general programming tasks can very easily be moved from one to the other.

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