Crazy Interview Tests

[mcquiggd]

You can't drop a round manhole cover down the hole.

[Troll]

Why is a round manhole cover round?

because they traditionally covered coal chutes which were round?

[Troll]

You can't drop a round manhole cover down the hole.

Ahh that's why I never get those kind of jobs!!

[wc2]

You can't drop a round manhole cover down the hole.

That is the correct answer.

It got me a gig once

[thunderlizard]

But you can accidentally roll it away down the road and have it squash a small child.

[paulb567]

I got given a Java test at an interview that consisted of a fairly simple piece of code and all they wanted me to do was write down what the output would have been. Simple enough apart from the fact that the code had been run through an obfusicator was not formatted in any way and the font they used made the lower cases L's looked the same as the upper case I's and 1's.

*******.

[Paddy]

I was once asked to cycle around the car park weaving in and out of police cones.

I did that too. Did you get a yellow pannant?

[MrsGoof]

Had an interview in a pub once.

I was asked what I wanted to drink and replied no I'll get them, what do you want?

got me the gig!

[realityhack]

Interview questions

What do you make of this test? - for a designer/developer role:

1. You are publishing a web response form on a website to capture data from web visitors.
   List 3 things you would do to ensure security.
2. You have been given a document to convert into an email newsletter to be sent to customers. What questions would you ask the originator of the newsletter, to ensure best practice is applied?
3. List 5 key methods you would use in making your (X)HTML pages DDA compliant to the WAI’s WCAG Level 1.
4. Write a piece of Actionscript (or use pseudo-code if you are unsure of exact syntax) for a button action that will call the movie “product” from the library, to play from frame 2 within the movie “service” on the main timeline.

[TheMonkey]

Anyone else had any ridiculous technical tests to do for a job interview?

Yes for EGG PLC's software engineer factory in Derby. They wanted me to write a small reporting application in my own time (4 evening's work) according to their specifications. They wouldn't sign an NDA from me saying that it was not to be used by them unless it was either paid for or they employed me, so I told them to fuk off