When interviewing people I ask some lower level language and algorithm type questions. Nothing too tricky, but I am surprised how often I here programmers who claim to be senior level say they mostly work in a framework (that maybe they designed) and don't typically have a need to do low-level coding. Some of the questions I ask: The...
Hi there, I'm trying round up some materials to be used during interviewing. I have different levels of jobs (junior, senior) that I am trying to fill. One thing I would like to assess is a candidate's ability to write "Clean Code", things like: Do they normally think along the lines of DRY, YAGNI Are they familiar with Pattern conce...
I've been looking for work since March, and haven't had much luck. Recently, however, I interviewed with a small company near my home for a C#, .NET, SQL development position. I hit it off very well with the hiring manager during the phone screen, and even more so during the face to face. Unfortunately, I failed the practical test: wirin...
I was thinking of a solution to this problem. My input: 1. Have a tail pointer which points to the last node. 2. Once you know the last pointer you can easily add a new node next to it. Void Insert(Node N) { if (head == null) // linked list is empty { head = N; tail = N; tail.Next = head; } else { ...
I've been offered an face-to-face programmer interview for an great company that is 8 hours time difference and 20 hours flight away. I'm being flown there having done an initial phone interview. On arrival, I have 30 or so hours to recover/study/find food before the actual interview. Having done a lot of travel before, I'm a little co...
I am mentioning a few questions which are usually the part of interviews, I dont understand what is the intent behind then. Of course one might argue, just to see how you think, or how you react, but isn't it better if you ask a more meaningful puzzle, at least for which you can be sure of answer, or justify unanimously. For example, see...
I have seen people who are excellent with technical knowledge and usually ace through interviews due to that but they lack the commitment. Problem here is there is no way of identifying this flaw until its too late. What are the things that can be done to identify the problem before its too late? ...
Possible Duplicate: Really wow them in the interview Hello, I'd like to know specific interviewing skills for programmers. I would like to know what are some tips for how to interview well for a programming position. How to create the perception that I am the man for their job? I've recently decided to take the emphasis off ...
Many people, Joel included suggest that a person who wants a job as a developer is asked to write code right in the interview. I think it is perfectly reasonable. If employed he will have to write lots of code and therefore the interviewer would want to check that interviewee really can write code and has not just listed all the words h...
I worked at a fortune 500 insurance company for almost 2 years. I worked on a reporting application that used Java, XML, XSLT, JavaScript, AJAX. It was a J2EE application but it didn't use any of the major frameworks like Struts, Spring, EJB, any ORM, JAXP, JAXB. But we developed our own software in house that could do that stuff. But ...
Hi, Before voting to close please take a look at the details. In many interviews the interviewers asks questions that has no relevance with the role that an applicant is applied for. I am speaking about technical questions only. For example. The position is for a .net developer who has experience in .Net framework 2.0 and the intervi...
So I'm leaving my job for a role at another company and before I leave I have one last task: I must hire a replacement for myself <gulp>. The reason for the <gulp> is that this is the last thing I will do for my team, and I really don't want to leave them with a dud as they are great bunch of guys. As a team lead I've interviewed for de...
All, I was promptly asked, upon showing up for phase 1 of an interview, to implement an http server in any scripting language I chose (Ruby/Python, etc.). I was not so accomplished in these languages, so I opted for Java. I was told I had 1 hour of time and I was told that the server must do the following: Reply with a 'hello' respons...
I've been at the same (large) company for nearly ten years, so am somewhat institutionalised about working practices and environment. I see lots of blogs (and SO questions) about interview questions and protocol, but I haven't seen any talking about what to look out for in the company around the interview. I recently read the joelonsoft...
Recently, I have taken interviews and found that many of the questions are related to algorithms and math problems. I think that there are lots of things that are important other than algorithms, such as experience, domain specific knowledge, basic OS/compiler knowledge, etc.. Why do they ask so many algorithmic problems? ...
This question might sound weird but when you are a fresher, not a lot is expected out of you beyond the basics. Things change when you get a bit of experience, considering you have exp of around 3-5 yrs and you are going to be interviewed for Mid-Senior .net dev position where would you start? Should I start from basics like data structu...
Hello, it's my first question here and i thought about if most job interviews always have questions related to code and math. I've searched and found some questions that might be similar to my question, but this is different because i want to know if math and code always appear in a job interview. Here in Brazil we heard few people talk...
After you have asked the questions in The Joel Test, is it appropriate to ask a technical question or two to see how the software developers who are doing the hiring respond? If I did technical interviews (and I have only ever done lunch format interviews so my opinion could change I guess), I wouldn't mind a technical question or two, ...
Hello, I have seen many software developers cv's and talked to people who arrange interviews about which certificates are most valuable and give great advantage over other candidates on the job, but none of there answers were the same. So which certificates are best to pass? Which ones will really stand you up from the gray candidate ma...
I recently conducted a technical interview in which I cleared the candidate but in the second round (someone else conducted this part) he was disqualified. I had very good vibes about this person and I was surprised of him not getting selected. Out of curiosity I went digging around and found out that he didn't answer the question in an ...