In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Stremler) writes: > 1. > Did you at least get a keyboard with control, alt, and meta keys in the > correct locations? > > 2. > And a reasonably competent interviewee will look at you and say "Are you > nuts?" -- and quite possibly walk out on you. > > Schemes that drive off your best candidates are *stupid*. Unless you're > testing for something other than skill, talent, or interest -- which makes > sense if you're looking for someone who will put up with crap for no good > reason. > > Which is, let's face it, a major characteristic desired by the less > competent manager. > > 3. > Same kind of thing. You're not looking for developers... you're looking > for peons that don't object to being punched in the kidneys. > > 4. > Bah. That sort of code doesn't deserve a patch. > > Whenever I am asked to help someone figure out what's broken in their > code, I refuse to offer feedback _beyond_ "guidelines improvements" > until the code is decently formatted. > > "My code doesn't work." > > <look> > > "Well, it sucks. Clean it up." > > "But what's broken?" > > "Your habits. Clean it up, and if you don't discover the error on your > own, THEN come back." >
1. Nothing, not even the status lights have labels. 2. Yes, I agree, the typing test is a bit silly. But it might work to filter a certain type of applicant. The I don't really want a job -- crew you guys I'm going home type person ( odd I feel like I just described my self ). 3. Well, in this particular case, I was looking for self managed individuals. A peon would be happy doing what he is told, no questions asked in fear of losing his job. It seems to work well in some job markets ( not the U.S.A. by the looks of the feed back to my last article ), the result is a few good and ambitious individuals. 4. I react the same way, unless I see they do actually want my opinion. Somebody who I know doesn't want me to do the work for them. In this particular case it is in the context of a job interview and most of the applicants want to show off "how good they are," besides the sample code really is useless, it is a made up part of a non-existent software system. I see it more like an aptitude test. -- Guillermo Antonio Amaral Bastidas (gamaral) Free/Libre/Open-Source Software Advocate & KDE Developer http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/ -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
