[AccessD] FW: MS Access Skills Assessment and Testing

Stephen stephen at bondsoftware.co.nz
Tue May 12 03:36:51 CDT 2009


₤200 an hour! Of course you said 'no problem ... I'll take
six'.  

Stephen Bond
 

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From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Andy Lacey
Sent: Tuesday, 12 May 2009 8:31 p.m.
To: Stephen
Subject: Re: [AccessD] FW: MS Access Skills Assessment and
Testing

I realise that's a major stumbling block. I too had this
problem and had to contact a leading London software house
to supply me with what I needed. It was ok though, they only
charged £200 per hour and said they had lots of this kind
of material for me to choose from.

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Andy


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From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
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To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] FW: MS Access Skills Assessment and
Testing
Date: 12/05/09 07:44


Hi Andy,
I am well, thank y ou.
Thanks for the suggestions. The problem is I don't have any
code with faults in it and I don't have any apps that crash.
I have no experience whatsoever of creating these. What do I
do now?

Max


-----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Andy Lacey
> Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 6:04 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access Skills Assessment and
Testing
>
> Hi Max, how're you doing?
>
> I used to set a couple of practical tests.
>
> The first was to give them some Access code with faults in
it and 
> leave them for a while asking them to critique it. You can
throw in 
> what you want, from not Dim'ing vars or not closing
recordsets to 
> logic or calculation errors.
> Whatever fits your bill.
>
> The second was to give them an app which crashed when you
ran it and 
> tell them to fix it. Nothing too trivial but it should
show problem 
> solving capabilities and experience with debug. You could
deliberately 
> remove
error
> handlers and see if they put them in.
>
> The tests didn't distinguish the good from the great, but
they did get 
> rid of the blaggers. Had one guy who took exception to
being asked to 
> do such menial tests when he had blah-blah years
experience, but we 
> insisted, put him in a quiet room and when I went in half
an hour 
> later to see how he
was
> doing he'd legged it. Didn't hear from him again.
>
> --
> Andy
>
>
> --------- Original Message --------
> From: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access Skills Assessment and
Testing
> Date: 11/05/09 15:15
>
>
> Developer - definitely.
>
> Max
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
Susan 
> Harkins
> Sent: 11 May 2009 15:37
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access Skills Assessment and
Testing
>
> I think it depends on how this person's going to use
Access -- are 
> they going to be a user or a developer?
>
> Susan H.
>
>
> >I would start with a simple database with one form. Set
the form up 
> >with some code that does a calculation but set the
underlying data so 
> >that it causes an 'Invalid use of Null' or a divide by
zero in the 
> >calculation code. Let the candidate debug it while you
watch. You 
> >should be able to tell pretty quickly how familiar they
are with Access.
> >
> > Doug Steele
>
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