Subj : Re: Software Job Market Myths
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : Prafulla Harpanhalli
Date : Fri Jul 01 2005 08:08 am

CTips wrote:
> 3. Check their problem solving skills (give them small problems, and see
> how many hints are needed to get the answer).
Absolutely..
Now here the skill and expertise of the interviewer himself is put to
test. I personally feel that the interviwer should spend some time on
studying the resume of the interviwee to come up with some really nice
questions.

> 7. Look for a solid mathematical/CS education
Math..? Recently my friend (a commerce grad originally) could crack
some really nice questions and programming puzzels in a series of
interviews with Cisco's layer 2 switching group. And regarding math, he
could derive some closed form equation..

i really wonder how big a role knowledge of math plays for programming
jobs that do not require math knowledge.

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Prafulla Harpanhalli

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