Paper-based C# assessment
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Yip, you read it correctly, and dont ask me what it is suppose to be/do. I do however have one of these to do this afternoon for a potential interview. IMHO, it is not (really) possible to test C# skills on paper. Now I wonder what this would entail. Will I be placed in a sterile room with a pencil and paper? Hopefully, it will not be as ridiculous as it sounds, and if it is, I'll have a couple of good jokes in a few hours ;P
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Yip, you read it correctly, and dont ask me what it is suppose to be/do. I do however have one of these to do this afternoon for a potential interview. IMHO, it is not (really) possible to test C# skills on paper. Now I wonder what this would entail. Will I be placed in a sterile room with a pencil and paper? Hopefully, it will not be as ridiculous as it sounds, and if it is, I'll have a couple of good jokes in a few hours ;P
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((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))I guess they will ask a lot of questions, just like an MSDN certification exam would, those could easily be paper based.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
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Yip, you read it correctly, and dont ask me what it is suppose to be/do. I do however have one of these to do this afternoon for a potential interview. IMHO, it is not (really) possible to test C# skills on paper. Now I wonder what this would entail. Will I be placed in a sterile room with a pencil and paper? Hopefully, it will not be as ridiculous as it sounds, and if it is, I'll have a couple of good jokes in a few hours ;P
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IronScheme - 1.0 beta 1 - out now!
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Hope you wont get a question like "Write code for a Windows application having 'n' number of controls placed accordingly....."
*jaans
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I guess they will ask a lot of questions, just like an MSDN certification exam would, those could easily be paper based.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
The only valid test would be if it was multiple choice, but that is suited towards a entry-level programmer, not for someone looking for a medium/senior role...
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Yip, you read it correctly, and dont ask me what it is suppose to be/do. I do however have one of these to do this afternoon for a potential interview. IMHO, it is not (really) possible to test C# skills on paper. Now I wonder what this would entail. Will I be placed in a sterile room with a pencil and paper? Hopefully, it will not be as ridiculous as it sounds, and if it is, I'll have a couple of good jokes in a few hours ;P
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IronScheme - 1.0 beta 1 - out now!
((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))Obviously your new job will be 1000 feet underground in a hardened bunker with no internet access and you cannot install the MSDN library or have any books around you. Just you, a text-editor, the C# compiler and a missile defense programme to code.
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
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Yip, you read it correctly, and dont ask me what it is suppose to be/do. I do however have one of these to do this afternoon for a potential interview. IMHO, it is not (really) possible to test C# skills on paper. Now I wonder what this would entail. Will I be placed in a sterile room with a pencil and paper? Hopefully, it will not be as ridiculous as it sounds, and if it is, I'll have a couple of good jokes in a few hours ;P
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IronScheme - 1.0 beta 1 - out now!
((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))Is every answer you give going to be Scheme themed? Q. Blah blah with the blah blah, blah, blah, blah. How would you solve this with C#? A. I'd do it in IronScheme. etc etc etc? :D
My Bookmarks I clicked the link. In an instant I was transported 15 years back in time.
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Is every answer you give going to be Scheme themed? Q. Blah blah with the blah blah, blah, blah, blah. How would you solve this with C#? A. I'd do it in IronScheme. etc etc etc? :D
My Bookmarks I clicked the link. In an instant I was transported 15 years back in time.
martin_hughes wrote:
Is every answer you give going to be Scheme themed?
If it comes to it, it shall be so :)
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Obviously your new job will be 1000 feet underground in a hardened bunker with no internet access and you cannot install the MSDN library or have any books around you. Just you, a text-editor, the C# compiler and a missile defense programme to code.
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
Paul Watson wrote:
Just you, a text-editor, the C# compiler and a missile defense programme to code.
I can only dream :)
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Yip, you read it correctly, and dont ask me what it is suppose to be/do. I do however have one of these to do this afternoon for a potential interview. IMHO, it is not (really) possible to test C# skills on paper. Now I wonder what this would entail. Will I be placed in a sterile room with a pencil and paper? Hopefully, it will not be as ridiculous as it sounds, and if it is, I'll have a couple of good jokes in a few hours ;P
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IronScheme - 1.0 beta 1 - out now!
((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))Every job I have ever be interviewed for had has involved a paper based c test. Normally it is a snip it of code, usually a very simple data structure like a linked list with some mistakes in it. You will be asked to analyse it say what it does and point out the errors. After the test the interviewer will normally sit down with you and review your answers, trying to see if you understood the problem. It is actually a really good way of testing some one knowledge of a language and not their knowledge of the IDE.
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Yip, you read it correctly, and dont ask me what it is suppose to be/do. I do however have one of these to do this afternoon for a potential interview. IMHO, it is not (really) possible to test C# skills on paper. Now I wonder what this would entail. Will I be placed in a sterile room with a pencil and paper? Hopefully, it will not be as ridiculous as it sounds, and if it is, I'll have a couple of good jokes in a few hours ;P
xacc.ide - now with TabsToSpaces support
IronScheme - 1.0 beta 1 - out now!
((lambda (x) `((lambda (x) ,x) ',x)) '`((lambda (x) ,x) ',x))I did that for an interview I conducted a few years back - basically, I printed out some code with some REALLY obvious bugs (integer overflows, divide by zeros, missspelled variable names - that sort of thing), and then got the guy to see what he could spot with me sat next to him. This wasn't a test of programming skills per-se, but more of how good his attention to detail was, how strong his understanding of concepts was, and by virtue of me sitting there, how he was likely to work under pressure. One point worth mentioning though was that I printed in B&W, and one of my colleagues was of the opinion that it should've been in colour, since in an IDE, he'd see it in colour.
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
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I did that for an interview I conducted a few years back - basically, I printed out some code with some REALLY obvious bugs (integer overflows, divide by zeros, missspelled variable names - that sort of thing), and then got the guy to see what he could spot with me sat next to him. This wasn't a test of programming skills per-se, but more of how good his attention to detail was, how strong his understanding of concepts was, and by virtue of me sitting there, how he was likely to work under pressure. One point worth mentioning though was that I printed in B&W, and one of my colleagues was of the opinion that it should've been in colour, since in an IDE, he'd see it in colour.
C# has already designed away most of the tedium of C++.
RichardGrimmer wrote:
One point worth mentioning though was that I printed in B&W, and one of my colleagues was of the opinion that it should've been in colour, since in an IDE, he'd see it in colour.
I just saw a book at the book store that was bragging about all the code samples inside being in color. I found it rather odd.