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In article <4k6187$aoq@solutions.solon.com>, Depeche  <depeche@rtd.com> wrote:
 >wawda@chaph.usc.edu (Abu Wawda) wrote:
 >
 > >After reading the thread on "Good C interview questions", I've got to
 > >ask people to post some tricky/trivia questions on programming in C or
 > >even programming in general. Does anyone have any? Thanks in advance.
 >
 >If "tricky/trivia C questions" are being used as a basis of anything in a job
 >interview, or as a way of "eliminiating" or "approving" job applicants...
 >
 >...any job applicant should be rightfully offended and walk right out the
 >door...
 > 
 >If someone applies for a job at McDonalds are they tested on how to flip a
 >burger if they have previous experience?
 >
 >In any case, for anyone who is thinking of hiring people...and thinking of
 >"Good C interview questions"... IMO, *DON'T* 
 >
 >To me, that's akin to handing in a resume' in ALL CAPS.  Rude and trite.  I
 >wouldn't work someplace that handed me a "test"... 
 >
 >Dep

Cool! That just leaves one more opportunity for someone like me, who wouldn't
mind taking a little test to prove that I know what I'm talking about.

Testing is a good way to separate the wheat from the chaff. All the other
things can be faked: phony references, exaggereated resumes, degree earned by
cheating your way through school or completely faked, etc.
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