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- From: kcline@sun132.spd.dsccc.com (Kevin Cline)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.tcl,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.oracle,comp.databases.informix,comp.databases.oracle
- Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Vacant Job Positions
- Date: 10 Feb 1996 14:58:07 -0600
- Organization: DSC Communications Corporation Switch Products Division
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- References: <AMCHAVAN.96Jan25112007@ac2.hq.eso.org> <4fe3ov$pc0@qualcomm.com> <DMIqu3.A4x@nsc.nsc.com> <311BA908.387@fmr.com>
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- In article <311BA908.387@fmr.com>, Steve Brain <steve.brain@fmr.com> wrote:
- >Paul Dito wrote:
- >
- >The problem is that it is VERY hard to judge somebody's ability
- >at interview, and references generally say very little about
- >people these days. A degree qualification shows that someone
- >has gone through some kind of semi-rigorous education and
- >evaluation.
- >
-
- This must be flame bait, and I am taking it.
-
- There are many universities in the US that are passing people through
- without regard to their grasp of the material presented; I have met
- many CS graduates who are unable to follow the most basic discussions
- regarding data structures, and unable to produce a working application
- in a reasonable amount of time. I have learned to be very skeptical
- about the value of degrees from institutions I am unfamiliar with,
-
- >Increasingly the requirement in software development is not how
- >well you know C++ syntax, but how one can produce real systems
- >to meet real business problems. Ok, a degree doesn't tell you
- >too much about this,
-
- Almost nothing, really.
-
- >but at least it tells you that the person
- >did a course which required different skills and had different
- >types of assesment.
- >
-
- Too often the only thing assessed is a student's ability to pay
- tuition.
-
- >That's my two-penneth's worth.
- >
- >If you know a better way of assessing someone then just say.
- >
-
- Ask the candidate to reason verbally about some design or
- implementation problem. Engage the candidate in a technical
- discussion. This method works if the interviewer is also
- technically competent.
-
- If there is no one competent to do the interview, then the company
- should consider outsourcing the whole problem.
-
-
-
- --
- Kevin Cline
-