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 -----Original Message----- 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. -- 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] 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 > > -- > 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 > > -- 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