Interview Question ??
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Probably both and your honesty. I think it is a valid question, but I would ask them to define a 10 level skills. Rating against a senior dev is very different to rating against a guru.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH
Mycroft Holmes wrote:
Rating against a senior dev is very different to rating against a guru.
I have never met a guru. I have met plenty of people who thought they were gurus, but never met an actual guru.
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I had attended an interview day before yesterday,The Interviewer asked that " Rate yourself out of 10 in Sql Server,Asp.net and C# " why they are asking this Question? Actually what they expecting ? whether they are checking my confident level or technical skill? :confused::confused::confused:
Born To Learn
I ask that question all the time when interviewing a candidate, here is why? 1. I want to know what the candidate feels about his/her level. 2. I adjust the questions based on the level the candidate thinks. For example if someone thinks they are at level 8/9 but are struggling to answer some mid level questions then either they are not honest or they don't know too much. The scale is arbitrary to me and just by itself does not reflect anything. But combining it with other factors and metrics, it gives me a glimpse of the candidates aptitude. Let me give you couple examples: 1. Not too long ago I interviewed a candidate for senior level position. When I asked him to rate himself on C# and .net he said 9 out of 10. Later when I asked him to do some coding exercise he said he feels more comfortable talking about the theories and how the framework works and was reluctant to write a code on the white board. I kept explaining to him I was not looking for clean code and some syntax errors ( missing semicolon ) are not a factor. I cut the interview short half way through the coding exercise because he was struggling to write c# code for the position. The scale he gave himself didn't meet what I observed. 2. Another time, I asked a candidate to rate himself he said 6/7, but he was able to answer most questions and show solid code. Later I asked him why he gave himself a rate of 7, he said even though he knows enough there are many areas he would like to improve. We ended up offering him the position. So, the rate a candidate gives me by it self does not mean much. But it helps me to alter the interview according to what the candidate thinks about themselves. If a candidate underrates himself / herself significantly just to impress me, I will have hard time to consider them for the position.
Yusuf May I help you?
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I had attended an interview day before yesterday,The Interviewer asked that " Rate yourself out of 10 in Sql Server,Asp.net and C# " why they are asking this Question? Actually what they expecting ? whether they are checking my confident level or technical skill? :confused::confused::confused:
Born To Learn
Just run around in circles outside for a while, killing SQL gurus to level up.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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With the availability of google, skill level is almost a moot point. I've found you have to be a better searcher most of the time.
".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, 2013while I agree to a point, one still needs an underlying skill-set to be able to search sensibly, and to utilise the results of a search in a sensible manner. Sure you can learn stuff from scratch from t'webs - but I want people who have done it before, worked out the kinks, have a good overview of the pitfalls - not someone who can copy some SQL, achieve the task, and not understand what they've done. I find out what sort of person they are by having the sort of conversation elicited by the 'score yourself out to 10' question.
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No, his knowledge is very practical, and his books come full of examples that work. If you want proof, then read any book he has written.
Richard MacCutchan wrote:
his knowledge is very practical ... read any book he has written
I've read two: "Code" and "The Annotated Turing". Now, what's that about "practical"? :-D But seriously, I agree with you. And I need to read more of his stuff.