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Originally posted by Xenophon View Post... and I thought my sex life was boring.Comment
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Don't worry
Once, I had 4 (FOUR) people on a conference call - each one trying to outdo the other in what sounded like qns out of a manual. I gave up after 20 mins - I said I had a meeting and needed to go - so guy on ego trip said 'we won't be taking this any further' and I said 'I wouldn't bother if I were you' and put the phone down. Not worth the hassle as - in your case - rate was Shiite.Comment
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I'd have asked them if they could hold on for a second as there's someone at the door. Then leave them hanging till they gave up. Then have the nerve to call the agent to see how I did.Feist - 1234. One camera, one take, no editing. Superb. How they did it
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Originally posted by Lucy View Postmaybe a pen and paper is a bit more subtle than a laptop xen
Rule #76: No excuses. Play like a champion.Comment
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aah the old Technical Interview bollocks.
I had one of those last week, I had the privelege of driving for an hour to go and sit in this lame duck company reception and write a VB.Net technical technical test. The questions seem to have come straight from the MCSD test guide,and some bulsh!t question about compiler switches for documentation, Some bum fluff questions about design patterns. that probably had no reference to the actual job they were interviewing for.
I decided within 30 seconds of being there that I didn't want the gig anyway, so answered all the questions in C#.
Common experience is that companies that have a Technical Question thing, are normally staffed by those weekend trainspotter types.
After an interview like that I normally call my agent and inform them that I will need to up my rate by £30 a day because of the type of work they are asking me to do.threenine.co.uk
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Originally posted by expat View PostI had one last year that went duff. He asked stuff that I don't memorise, just check on the fly. Knowing what and how to check is the important bit.
I tried to make that point to him but he maintained that he would expect someone with the knowledge that I claimed, to remember all this stuff.
So we hung up and I returned to doing for my then current client, exactly the kind of work he wanted someone for.
Later the agency called back: he was unhappy about all the other candidates, so he wanted to interview me again......Comment
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1st question on a recent telephone interview:
INTERVIEWER: "What is the problem with circular references in Java?"
ME: "Nothing. There's a common myth that they can cause a memory leak, but modern JVM's don't rely on simple reference counting and have no problem coping with circular references."
INTERVIEWER: "...OK, ... next question..."
Things went downhill from here.Cats are evil.Comment
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Originally posted by swamp View Post1st question on a recent telephone interview:
INTERVIEWER: "What is the problem with circular references in Java?"
ME: "Nothing. There's a common myth that they can cause a memory leak, but modern JVM's don't rely on simple reference counting and have no problem coping with circular references."
INTERVIEWER: "...OK, ... next question..."
Things went downhill from here.Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
threadeds website, and here's my blog.Comment
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