May 15, 2015 at 8:52 am
Jeff Moden (5/14/2015)
Interviewer: What makes you think you're a good <<any job title here>>?Candidate: I don't. It's just that everyone else sucks so bad that I end up looking good. 😀
LOL
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May 15, 2015 at 8:53 am
Jeff Moden (5/14/2015)
pietlinden (5/14/2015)
Best milkshakes ever. I don't like that boss very much.That and a grilled cheese sandwich. I want to see his lips swell up to match the size of his mouth. 😛
Somebody been watching Box Trolls?
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May 15, 2015 at 9:01 am
Alvin Ramard (5/15/2015)
Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)
Alvin Ramard (5/15/2015)
Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)
Question: Can you outline for me how to best design a system so that I can move it between Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Couchbase, DocumentDB, Hadoop, Redshift, Azure SQL or MongoDB depending on the time of day, direction of the wind and the stomach contents of the goat we slaughtered this morning?No problem! What about Access? You want that too, because we can do it. 😎
OMG! I can't believe I forgot Access... and Excel. Ooh, and we'll need it to work in PowerPivot too. Actually PowerAnything. And make it support JSON... and XML.
PowerAnything will require that we add our Artificial Intelligence module.
Are you referring to the Ultron project?
May 15, 2015 at 9:09 am
Real interview question that I asked during a tech screen for an entry-level programmer position:
Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
A: CEO!
Background: This young fellow, an American by his name/voice/resume, was applying for a job at an Israeli company at which all high-level meetings were conducted in Hebrew.
The rest of the interview didn't go well either since he couldn't answer any of the technical questions correctly.
May 15, 2015 at 9:14 am
Stephanie Giovannini (5/15/2015)
Real interview question that I asked during a tech screen for an entry-level programmer position:Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
A: CEO!
Background: This young fellow, an American by his name/voice/resume, was applying for a job at an Israeli company at which all high-level meetings were conducted in Hebrew.
The rest of the interview didn't go well either since he couldn't answer any of the technical questions correctly.
Millennials are so cute!
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 15, 2015 at 9:19 am
Eric M Russell (5/15/2015)
Stephanie Giovannini (5/15/2015)
Real interview question that I asked during a tech screen for an entry-level programmer position:Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
A: CEO!
Background: This young fellow, an American by his name/voice/resume, was applying for a job at an Israeli company at which all high-level meetings were conducted in Hebrew.
The rest of the interview didn't go well either since he couldn't answer any of the technical questions correctly.
Millennials are so cute!
At least they think they are. They are more aptly the "Entitled Generation." At least they think so.
Jason...AKA CirqueDeSQLeil
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May 15, 2015 at 9:27 am
Eric M Russell (5/15/2015)
Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)
Question: Can you outline for me how to best design a system so that I can move it between Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Couchbase, DocumentDB, Hadoop, Redshift, Azure SQL or MongoDB depending on the time of day, direction of the wind and the stomach contents of the goat we slaughtered this morning?Define "a system" and what does it mean to "move it".
Oh, OK. So you don't understand. Well, thanks for driving out here into the middle of Montana for this interview, but we were expecting someone a little more psychic. Thanks for your time.
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May 15, 2015 at 9:35 am
Luis Cazares (5/15/2015)
Alvin Ramard (5/15/2015)
Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)
Alvin Ramard (5/15/2015)
Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)
Question: Can you outline for me how to best design a system so that I can move it between Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Couchbase, DocumentDB, Hadoop, Redshift, Azure SQL or MongoDB depending on the time of day, direction of the wind and the stomach contents of the goat we slaughtered this morning?No problem! What about Access? You want that too, because we can do it. 😎
OMG! I can't believe I forgot Access... and Excel. Ooh, and we'll need it to work in PowerPivot too. Actually PowerAnything. And make it support JSON... and XML.
PowerAnything will require that we add our Artificial Intelligence module.
Are you referring to the Ultron project?
Huh? ......... Oh yeah! The Ultron project. That's it.
😎
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May 15, 2015 at 9:36 am
It's important for us that you'll be a good fit in our team, so the following question will define if you get the job or not.
Leading commas or trailing commas?
May 15, 2015 at 9:45 am
Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)
Eric M Russell (5/15/2015)
Grant Fritchey (5/15/2015)
Question: Can you outline for me how to best design a system so that I can move it between Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Couchbase, DocumentDB, Hadoop, Redshift, Azure SQL or MongoDB depending on the time of day, direction of the wind and the stomach contents of the goat we slaughtered this morning?Define "a system" and what does it mean to "move it".
Oh, OK. So you don't understand. Well, thanks for driving out here into the middle of Montana for this interview, but we were expecting someone a little more psychic. Thanks for your time.
That's exactly why I would never drive to Montana for a job interview unless I first had a phone interview with both (seperately) HR and the person who would be my manager. It also helps to link up with a former employee from the team. It's so easy to step into a pile of mess these days.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 15, 2015 at 9:50 am
Luis Cazares (5/15/2015)
It's important for us that you'll be a good fit in our team, so the following question will define if you get the job or not.Leading commas or trailing commas?
Whoa! Why do I care? I get a copy of SQL Prompt, right? I'll just fix your horrible code formatting on the fly. No worries.
"The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood"
- Theodore Roosevelt
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May 15, 2015 at 9:59 am
Luis Cazares (5/15/2015)
It's important for us that you'll be a good fit in our team, so the following question will define if you get the job or not.Leading commas or trailing commas?
It makes no difference to me so long as you end with a semicolon.
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 15, 2015 at 10:36 am
Luis Cazares (5/15/2015)
It's important for us that you'll be a good fit in our team, so the following question will define if you get the job or not.Leading commas or trailing commas?
I don't really care either way as long as it is consistent. 😎
OK, I actually prefer leading because it makes debugging easier but I am not that adamant about it as long as each column is on a separate row and not all slammed together.
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May 15, 2015 at 10:42 am
Sean Lange (5/15/2015)
Luis Cazares (5/15/2015)
It's important for us that you'll be a good fit in our team, so the following question will define if you get the job or not.Leading commas or trailing commas?
I don't really care either way as long as it is consistent. 😎
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So you expect the new guy to be consistent with what he's done in the past, or with what you've done in the past?
"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho
May 15, 2015 at 10:45 am
Sean Lange (5/15/2015)
Luis Cazares (5/15/2015)
It's important for us that you'll be a good fit in our team, so the following question will define if you get the job or not.Leading commas or trailing commas?
I don't really care either way as long as it is consistent. 😎
And if it's consistently terrible?
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