Hi, Actually we already have ppl from a well known vendor + experienced to help with the project. Another candidate is required to help our team with other concurrent project. We got a lot of response from those offshore software co with resumes as I mentioned earlier. It just happened some of the candidates had the certification with less exp and some w/o cert but > 2 years exp. After talked to them, those with exps are more convincing and knows what we're talking about(our requirements). I probably would go for this guy.
Many thanks for valuable input. Joe, --- Roger Lacroix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Joe's original question was about interviewing > people with less than 2 years of > experience but who have the WMQ Specialist > certificate. > Quote: "With those certification, are they really > can perform?" > > I read his question as, "he is looking for someone > capable", i.e. intermediate > level not junior or trainee. > > Hence when talking technical details with a > intermediate (or senior) level > person, an hour will fly right by. > > Regards, > Roger Lacroix > Capitalware Inc. > > > Quoting Benjamin Zhou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Well,..., Roger, don't be too harsh to the junior > MQers. Everyone deserve a > > chance to do his /her best to excel. We were all > junior MQers not many years > > ago. > > > > >>I prefer to have the candidate go through an > in-depth technical interview > > of at > > >>least 1 hour on the on the subject matter. > > > > Are you serious? this should be for someone with > your lengths of experience. > > The most important is that the candidate have true > understanding of the > > fundamental ideas and structure of the middleware, > and possesses the > > enthusiasm to learn, to try, and enjoy it. The > technical details we now know > > can quickly become obsolate. Remember, the > knowledge we possess today can > > turn into obstacle for progress tomorrow if we > love it too much. > > > > cheers, > > Benjamin Zhou > > State Street Corp. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Roger Lacroix > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:18 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Certified candidates but < 2 years > exp - comments > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Certification is a great thing but should be taken > with a grain of salt. (I > > have ever noticed the number of people who have > requested the certification > > questions on the ListServer or www.mqseries.net ?) > > > > I personally assign a value of 2-3 months of > equivalent work experience for > > a > > certificate (MQSeries, Java, or whatever). i.e. > If someone says they have > > been > > doing MQAdmin work for 6 months and they have the > WMQ Specialist certificate > > then I go with a total 9 months work experience. > This may be harsh but I > > have > > met people with the WMQ Specialists certificate > but cannot resolve a channel > > sequence number error. > > > > I prefer to have the candidate go through an > in-depth technical interview of > > at > > least 1 hour on the on the subject matter. Or > have the candidate do a > > technical exam from ReviewNet or someone else but > it has to be controlled so > > that their buddy doesn t write the exam for them. > <grin> > > > > Note: I do have all 3 WMQ certifications, so I am > not disputing their value > > but > > you should remember it is only a piece of paper. > It represents a snap-shoot > > of > > a person s knowledge at a specific point in time. > > > > Well, that s my two cents worth. > > > > Regards, > > Roger Lacroix > > Enterprise Architect > > Capitalware Inc. > > > > > > Quoting JoE JK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Hi, > > > I had to interview few candidates for our > projects and > > > some of them claimed to be certified mqsi > > > specialist,certified mqseries specialist but > less > 2 > > > years experienced on those skills and only had 1 > > > projects involved so far. > > > > > > With those certification, are they really can > perform? > > > > > > Any comments? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > > Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > > > the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > > > Archive: > http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive > > > > > > > Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > > the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > > Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive > > > > Instructions for managing your mailing list > subscription are provided in > the Listserv General Users Guide available at > http://www.lsoft.com > Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Instructions for managing your mailing list subscription are provided in the Listserv General Users Guide available at http://www.lsoft.com Archive: http://vm.akh-wien.ac.at/MQSeries.archive
