Warren, How true you speak.
Take care, hbr On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Warren Baltimore <warrenbaltim...@gmail.com > wrote: > ** > Without knowing the truth/motivation of the original poster, I would very > gently point out that it is quite possible that someone has been asked to > hire a Remedy developer without really knowing what that is. > > I say this only because in an earlier life, I worked in HR at a major > university. It was not uncommon for me to have to conduct interviews with > people about positions I knew little about. I would have to ask the people > who were currently in those jobs for questions and answers that I could ask > that would help me weed out folks before I sent them on to the hiring > managers (who hopefully knew a hell of a lot more than I do). A particular > case comes to mind where I and 2 others were asked to re-interview > plumbers. A Master plumber had been hired, but it was suggested that the > only reason he had been hired was that he had 2 brothers (also plumbers) > working in that department. It was up to us to interview these folks and > make a decision based on there technical skills who was the best for the job > (it was only recently that I learned how to use a plunger!) I did quite a > bit of research prior to the interviews so that I could ask intelligent > questions, and understand if I was getting an intelligent answer back! > > If someone is just trying to put together a cheat sheet, trust me, their > ignorance will come shining through! > > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:46 PM, Herb Partlow <h...@ibtcinc.com> wrote: > >> How much experience does the person have that posted the original >> questions? Under a year, less than 6 months. >> >> Let's supply all the answers, so someone with no experience or very little >> can read from a cheat sheet and B.S. their way into a position. >> >> >> Herb Partlow >> IB Technical Consulting >> O- 408.253.0344 >> F - 408.253.0344 >> C - 408.309.5316 >> >> On Jun 17, 2010, at 11:23 AM, Richard Copits <richard....@bwc.state.oh.us> >> wrote: >> >> How about: >>> >>> 1. Have you actually worked on a Remedy system? Describe what you did. >>> >>> 2. Will you work for low pay, no benefits, no retirements and no health >>> coverage? >>> >>> 3. Which way would you implement a project - the "best practices" way or >>> managements way? >>> >>> 4. Why couldn't you get another job? >>> >>> 5. Why should we not hire you? >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto: >>> arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of John Sundberg >>> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2010 2:10 PM >>> To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >>> Subject: Re: Interview Questions - Please help >>> >>> You forgot: >>> >>> How do you apologize for something you did not do? >>> >>> How do you fix something that is not broke - and please estimate time it >>> should take within 15 minutes accuracy. >>> >>> Do you get along with others? >>> >>> Do you show up on time? >>> >>> If you work on a problem for 12 hours - and it should have been 1 hour -- >>> how much time do you bill? >>> >>> etc... >>> >>> >>> Not all questions should be technical in nature. >>> >>> >>> And the above are probably harder than the below. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -John >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 4:29 AM, Ram Rudra wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> In an interview point of view, I have gathered the below questions and >>> looking for answers. Please help. >>> >>> 1) What is the difference between and Active Link and a Filter? >>> 2) What is a .def file used for? >>> 3) What is a .arx file? >>> 4) Who is Doug Mueller? >>> 5) What is a use for an Active Link Guide? >>> 6) What type of field is the "Worklog" field? >>> 7) Name two DBMSs in which Remedy ARS can run on top of? >>> 8) What does ARS stand for? >>> 9) What are the core fields? >>> 10) What does $MENU$ do? >>> 11) What is the function of DDE-Poke? >>> 12) What are ar.ini and ar.conf files used for? >>> 13) Describe the features that are available by comparing ARS Ver. 6.3, >>> 7.1 >>> and 7.5 majorly? >>> 14) Why ardiff utility is used for? >>> 15) How do you deploy your application on web? >>> 16) When and in what situation you use workflow log, arerror.log, >>> arfilter.log, aresc.log? >>> 17) Explain the actions available in active link which are not in >>> Filters. >>> Explain why it is not. >>> 18) Why ardiff utility is used for? >>> 19) What is the primary table in the AR System data dictionary? >>> 20) How does the AR System manage the data you see in Remedy Forms? >>> 21) Without using DSO or EIE, what are your thoughts for providing a >>> 'STANDARDIZED' methodology for interfacing/integrating with Remedy >>> applications. This customer was actually looking to use C.I.M. or some >>> other open standard solution to interface with Remedy.... what you say? >>> 22) How do you troubleshoot AR System server outages to restore access to >>> the system? >>> 23) How does mid-tier work and where does it fit in the client server >>> architecture? >>> 24) Describe how filters work? They were actually looking how filters >>> work >>> in different phases... which led to the next question. >>> 25) Can you force a filter to fire all actions in the first phase? >>> 26) List all of the possible uses for guides. They were looking for >>> walking >>> tables? >>> 27) What is walking tables? >>> 28) when you use CMDBDriver.exe command line utility? >>> 29) When you use arreload.exe command line utility? >>> 30) how you reset the application administrator / demo password if you >>> forget it? >>> 31) When you use arsignal command line utility? >>> 32) When you use runmacro command line utility? >>> 33) When you use archgid command line utility? >>> 34) How many table types are available in ARSystem Database and explain >>> them? >>> >>> Thanks & Regards, >>> Ram Rudra >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________________________________________ >>> >> >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >>> attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" >>> >>> -- >>> John Sundberg >>> >>> Kinetic Data, Inc. >>> "Building a Better Service Experience" >>> Recipient of the WWRUG09 Innovator of the Year Award >>> >>> john.sundb...@kineticdata.com >>> 651.556.0930 I www.kineticdata.com >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________________________________________ >>> >> >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >>> attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________________________________________ >>> >> >> >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >>> attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org >> attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" >> > > > > -- > Warren R. Baltimore II > Remedy Developer > 410-533-5367 > _attend WWRUG10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ -- Howard Richter Red Hat Certified Technician CompTIA Linux+ Certified ITIL Foundation Certified E-Mail = hbr4...@gmail.com LinkedIn Profile = http://www.linkedin.com/in/hbr4270 _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug10 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
