1 Month to become c# contractor?

[NotAllThere]

I can't understand why the managers don't just get someone technically strong from their team to accompany them for the technical part of the interview and ask a few relevant technical questions

not fliping rocket science is it

Milan.

The interview today had two project managers and their boss. No technical questions at all. Interestingly, the recruitment agent sat in on the interview. It was nice to get feedback on my interview technique.

[shaunbhoy]

the recruitment agent sat in on the interview. It was nice to get feedback on my interview technique.

Yeah, but how much is "feedback" from an Agent really worth in the greater scheme of things?

[someone has my name]

1 month to become a C# Contractor
1 Week to get a contract.
1 Day till you are found out.. given the boot and got a bad rep with the Agenct/ Company

.. am I being to cynical

[oracleslave]

1 month to become a C# Contractor
1 Week to get a contract.
1 Day till you are found out.. given the boot and got a bad rep with the Agenct/ Company

.. am I being to cynical

too

[Shimano105]

1 month to become a C# Contractor
1 Week to get a contract.
1 Day till you are found out.. given the boot and got a bad rep with the Agenct/ Company

.. am I being to cynical

No - just too stupid. If you can't get up to speed in a relatively easy environment like .Net in a commited month then that's your problem. Honestly, kids today.

[someone has my name]

No - just too stupid. If you can't get up to speed in a relatively easy environment like .Net in a commited month then that's your problem. Honestly, kids today.

I aint taking a pop .. but here it is...

you got to learn OOP.
you got to learn the .net framework
you got to learn the NEW DataAccess(off line and online)
you got to learn the NEW controls
You got to learn C# syntax and semantics.
.. and of course I am assuming you know SQL/ Oracle

less than a week each/// and remeber the .net Libs are massive..
I think your best bet would go permy doing C# junior role... stick it out 6-12 months then look at contracting...

(how many speling mistakes?)

[PAH]

If anyone wants to find out which companies offer the easiest interview process and what level of technical test they conduct (if any), I've got an ebook you can download.

Only costs £50 a pop, payable over 12 months at £12.50/month. APR typical.

Funny thing is I compiled the list by applying for every single IT vacancy on jobserve, and after spending the last 3 months doing nothing but interviews I've been offered 27 permie rolls, 15 contracts, and directorships with EDS and Accenture. The secret is to brylcreem your eyebrows. Seriously.

[PAH]

I aint taking a pop .. but here it is...

you got to learn OOP.
you got to learn the .net framework
you got to learn the NEW DataAccess(off line and online)
you got to learn the NEW controls
You got to learn C# syntax and semantics.
.. and of course I am assuming you know SQL/ Oracle

less than a week each/// and remeber the .net Libs are massive..
I think your best bet would go permy doing C# junior role... stick it out 6-12 months then look at contracting...

(how many speling mistakes?)

Alternatively, ditch all that and just learn Microsoft's swanky new Silverlight instead. .Net is history, eventually.

[oracleslave]

(how many speling mistakes?)

Just the one I can see
remember

Your grammar is incorrect as well as you have left out a few words. A better sentence would've been something like the following:

"I think your best bet would be to go permy...etc etc

HTH.

[tim123]

9 out of 10 fail! Hell's bells. That sounds like a piece of piss for anyone not blagging it. I sincerely hope that method becomes the standard.

It's when they either give you a paper based one or just reel off loads of irrelevent questions that I hate.

I once failed an interview because I couldn't answer correctly:

"How do you define (in c) an array of pointers to functions" (and no, "look it up in the book" isn't a pass).

That was it, that was my interview test.

It was stupid. I bet that there are some 'book' geeks who could answer this and yet wouldn't have the faintest clue as to a practical use for doing this (which ISTM is much more important).

And 20 years on, I'm reckoned to be the C expert at most of the places I work, and I still don't carry this piece of information around in my head.

tim