Andy Lacey
andy at minstersystems.co.uk
Mon May 11 13:13:09 CDT 2009
ROTFL You'd have eaten it and come back for more JC. Anyway in my book anyone who's arrogant enough to think he's above being tested can go jump. I should have shown him the door when he muttered about being asked to do it. Andy -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: 11 May 2009 18:01 To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] MS Access Skills Assessment and Testing >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. I'd plumb forgot about that interview. So that was you guys eh? ;) John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Andy Lacey wrote: > 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 > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > ________________________________________________ > Message sent using UebiMiau 2.7.2 > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com