Interview questions
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Hmm, I think it was what every one did used pre-Google...
Yes, but not now. I used to have a library myself before the internet, but it is a little ridiculous to think an experienced programmer, or any programmer for that matter, would pull a book before Googling the answer.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others. Same thing when you are stupid.
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So what IS the difference between an interface and an abstract class? :confused:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeJohnny J. wrote:
So what IS the difference between an interface and an abstract class?
Google It! ;) Marc
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Of course not. Interviewing is not cut and dry. It's a science (psychology). Based on a series of questions, experience stated on their resume, and visual queues from the candidate, the determination would then be made. Common sense has to be applied to these kind of things. My point is that the type of questions asked in most technical interviews take the wrong approach. Technical knowledge is very important, but it's not an end to a means. True experience is based in wisdom, not knowledge and that's the point of the type of questions I suggest and I use.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others. Same thing when you are stupid.
From my experience people that are hired as they know buzz words and the latest trendy tech aren't up to the job, they can do X but when you need the full back ground leading to X have they got the skills to find how to do it.
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I hope this doesn't offend any authors, but I find it rather counterproductive to have articles like this published. I mean the purpose of an interview (or at least one of the main purposes) is to discover whether the candidate is suitable for the position, if they just cram up on some technology they've never experienced before just for the interview, it isn't going to end well for either party. Thoughts?
I absolutely hate interviewing. I understand the need for it, but I'd rather risk walking by my ex-wife during one of her feeding frenzies than do a job interview.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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From my experience people that are hired as they know buzz words and the latest trendy tech aren't up to the job, they can do X but when you need the full back ground leading to X have they got the skills to find how to do it.
I totally agree. I try to ask questions based on that premise along with questions to give insight into their personality. When I interview, I look for knowledge based in logic, ie. how to solve problems using the tools available to them and how well they work with the team. Just because the candidate has worked with or studied the latest and greatest, doesn't mean that they would be a good fit. If the company has an archaic technology that needs to be ported to a newer technology, but not so new as to be bleeding edge, that individual may or may not be a good fit. In that scenario, it would be a red flag if the candidate spouted a lot of "buzz" words, but didn't offer any evidence as to how or why they used such technology.
When you are dead, you won't even know that you are dead. It's a pain only felt by others. Same thing when you are stupid.
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Johnny J. wrote:
So what IS the difference between an interface and an abstract class?
Google It! ;) Marc
V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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So what IS the difference between an interface and an abstract class? :confused:
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the timeInterface is an abstract concept.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013 -
I absolutely hate interviewing. I understand the need for it, but I'd rather risk walking by my ex-wife during one of her feeding frenzies than do a job interview.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I'd rather risk walking by my ex-wife during one of her feeding frenzies than do a job interview
I don't know where to go from here. :~ I probably know what you mean, but you managed to make it sound like she's a vampire.
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I hope this doesn't offend any authors, but I find it rather counterproductive to have articles like this published. I mean the purpose of an interview (or at least one of the main purposes) is to discover whether the candidate is suitable for the position, if they just cram up on some technology they've never experienced before just for the interview, it isn't going to end well for either party. Thoughts?
I find that asking someone technical interview questions is not an effective way of screening. I prefer, instead, to give the person a laptop and have them make me a program. I interview for C#/ASP.Net senior software developers. I usually ask the candidate to write me a web scrapper program where I can punch in a URL and it will download all the HTML files, CSS files, JS files, images, etc... and save them to a folder. It must not block the UI thread (meaning it must download everything multi-threaded). If a candidate can do this, I can look at the code and determine how well he really knows his stuff.
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00daytona wrote:
if they just cram up on some technology they've never experienced before just for the interview, it isn't going to end well for either party.
Any company that conducts and interview with technical questions that can be Googled is not a company I would want to work for, and they get what they deserve, IMO. In fact, when I went to an interview last year, the first question was something like "what's the difference between an interface and an abstract class?" I had two reactions: 1. You just totally insulted me -- have you even looked at my resume, my online profile, etc? 2. My response was "Please do NOT ask me questions I can google the answer for." After they realized I was dead serious, the response was "well, ok, if I ask any more questions like that, feel free to answer 'that can be googled." :laugh: Needless to say, I didn't take the job. One of the other ironies of the job was that I would have to commute 50 minutes to Albany to sit in a cubicle telecommuting to the company's main offices in Buffalo. :wtf: Marc
V.A.P.O.R.ware - Visual Assisted Programming / Organizational Representation Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:
I'd rather risk walking by my ex-wife during one of her feeding frenzies than do a job interview
I don't know where to go from here. :~ I probably know what you mean, but you managed to make it sound like she's a vampire.
dandy72 wrote:
you managed to make it sound like she's a vampire.
Aren't all ex-wives?
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