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Subject:FW: New TECHWR-L Poll Quest From:"Marie Davis" <v2cdimld -at- us -dot- ibm -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:25:45 -0600
Connie Giordano asked:
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Ex or current developers--I have a question for you-- do you routinely get
asked about the tools and versions when being recruited for a position? Or
is it assumed that you say you know C++ so you must know it?
The last time I applied for a development job, the interviewer/manager
asked my expertise in certain areas related to the position. I stressed
that my database skills were the strongest, and of course I knew SQL. He
confirmed this by asking me to create a "select" statement (for you
non-db-types, that's a simple query). He also asked me to define such
Object-Oriented concepts as composition, and assessed my UNIX skills (help!
where are the man pages!).
He appreciated my honesty (to tie this to another thread) when I told him
where I needed more time to get up-to-speed, and where I was proficient
enough to jump right in. Even though it was not the best interview I'd
given, I was still offered the job.
My .02 (Canadian)
Marie Davis
269/004-2 (D103)
Ph: (507) 253-1466
Fx: (507) 253-5192
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