[AccessD] MS Access Skills Assessment and Testing

Thanks very much for that excellent suggestion.
I will do that and see what they come up with.
Appreciate you taking the time Arthur.
Regards
Max


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: 11 May 2009 15:54
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access Skills Assessment and Testing

I would ask the prospect to bring a recently developed application in to
demo it for me. The kind of test you are hoping for is perhaps possible but
IMO unlikely. A real app will give you a pretty good idea of the candidate.
You will see her or his UI skills, you can peek in the relationships window
for a quick look at normalization, foreign keys and so on, and you can
listen to the description of the app and its walkthrough. Penultimately, I
would want a look at the code. If I didn't see evidence of MZ-Tools or some
equivalent, error-handlers, static functions, classes and so on, that would
affect my evaluation of the candidate significantly. And ultimately, if I
didn't see any messages from the candidate on this our beloved list, I would
seriously question the level of the candidate's commitment, and also the
candidate's ability to Google. Databaseadvisors.com is not hard to find, nor
is Roger's Access Library.

Beyond these basics, another question (which may or may not be relevant to
the specific situation) is, What do you know about SQL Server or any ODBC
connection to Oracle or DB2, etc.? The answers to that question will let you
appraise the advanced candidates.

My $0.02.

Arthur

> On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Can anybody recommend any suitable methods of carrying out skills
> > assessment
> > and/or testing for MS Access with regard to employing new staff.
> >
> > Thanks - any pointers would be appreciated.
> >
> > Max
>
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