Comments on: Interview Questions

By: K-Man

K-Man — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:22:54 +0000

I have been attending a lot of tech interviews too. All mine were really tough.

Mine were reverse a single linklist in c# (not using the LinkList Class) on the whiteboard.

Design a Geneology database System …

and more to come in a future post.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:04:30 +0000

While technical knowledge is nice… personality and people skills is still a huge factor.

ya, if you want to hire friends instead of getting work done. You need both, man. They are not mutual exclusive attributes, but I’d take someone that could get the job done over someone with a pleasant attitude.

It’s too bad more people aren’t like me. *swoon*

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:50:59 +0000

Hey… I applied for that job, why wasn’t I called for an interview. I have the best reference EVER – I’m married to the person whose position you’re filling!

By: Scooter Boy

Scooter Boy — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:40:53 +0000

I have recently been on the interview panel for an associate (entry level) programmer. We didn’t BBQ anyone, but I was amazed at some of the answers to some very simple questions. When we asked one of our interviewees what peaked his interest in this position and why he wanted to work for us, he responded with “Oh… nothing in particular.” Ding Ding Ding!!! We have a winner! While technical knowledge is nice… personality and people skills is still a huge factor.

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:07:12 +0000

Holy crap. what a great post. I feel your comments (in parentheses) for the BBQ topics are SOLID GOLD. They convey little detailed information, but they still let lead to the blood beneath the scab. Talk about value…

The knowledge that you contain about those comments that you so casually posted are worth good money. Think about that. I’m practically sitting here with $40 to burn for descriptive expansions on your final BBQ comments.

All around, your best post yet.