> Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 09:33:40 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: Programming challenge> > Gabriel > Sechan wrote:> > While I firmly believe in seeing an applicant program, the > problem with doing it ahead of time is that they'll find answers on the web, > or get help from others. Otherwise this isn't too different from things I've > asked people to whiteboard program.> > Funny, that's exactly what I do when > doing actual programming on the job > when I get stuck on something!> > The > applicant can be expected to have to explain their code in detail. > If they > don't understand it they obviously copied or got help which they > were not > worthy of and don't get hired.> > Whiteboard programming sucks. I much prefer > this approach.> I'm completely the other way. Whiteboard programming is > necessary. Yes, on the job looking up answers on the web, from friends, from > coworkers, etc is completely acceptable. But the point of a job interview > isn't to tell if you can ask for help. Its to tell if you can think, and if > you know how to program. Doing it in person tells you that. A mail in- I'd > give odds that most submissions were done by someone else, its pretty much > useless. I wouldn't hire someone without seeing him code in person, and if I > was the job seeker I'd be *very* leery of taking a job where I was asked to > program ahead of time and not in the interview- I'd expect the majority of > my coworkers would have had someone else take the test.BTW- I have had > people I know ask me to do questions like this for them, on multiple > occasions. Once or twice I've even owed a favor and done it. So I'm not > just talking out of my ass when I say most will fake it.Gabe _________________________________________________________________ Change the world with e-mail. Join the i’m Initiative from Microsoft. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Join/Default.aspx?source=EML_WL_ChangeWorld
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