Re: Interview Questions - Please help- Rant
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
Re: Interview Questions - Please help- Rant
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
Re: Interview Questions - Please help- Rant
Ram, If you cannot answer most of those questions, then maybe you need to apply for a very Jr. Remedy job. There are some on that list, that I might have to think about and then question why am I applying for this job. What is your backgorund and what type of job are you applying for. Howard (been playing with Remedy since 1996) 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
Re: Interview Questions - Please help- Rant
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
