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Avoiding MUMPS & Arcadius

by Alex Papadimoulis in Tales from the Interview on 2008-03-18

Avoiding MUMPS from Joe

A few years ago, I interviewed at the company featured in A Case of the MUMPS.

138 comments - Last comment @ 2014-09-02

We Need a Body

by Jake Vinson in Tales from the Interview on 2008-03-06

Although Brice hadn't been on the job for very long, he'd gotten pretty comfortable with leading technical interviews. He'd quickly compiled a stock set of questions that could weed out the hacks.

Questions that immediately disqualify you for the position if you get them wrong:
- What is your first name?
- Name a .NET language.
Questions that almost certainly disqualify you if you get them wrong:
- What datatype would you use to store a string of characters?
- Is it C sharp or C pound?

When Brice's company had five other developer positions to fill, he was called on for the technical portion of each interview. Not long ago, a candidate named Corey applied and was brought in for an interview. Brice couldn't put his finger on what it was exactly, but from the moment Corey walked in something just seemed... off.

373 comments - Last comment @ 2024-06-28