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2004-01-30 03:31:57 AM
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Erik F. Andersen writes:
-Craig
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Hi!
Recently we have had several bad experiences with new programmers we have
hired fresh from School. They simply doesn't know enough about the basics.
I was now thinking that maby if we test these candidates before we decide to
hire them we could filter out the worst of them very quickly. These tests
should be held in an unformal atmosphere and give us an opportunity to
discuss basic principles of programmering and problem solving (in Delphi)
with the candidates.
We primarily develope administrative software for hospitals and doctors.
Does anyone know if I can find such ready-made tests on the internet?
Regards,
Erik F. Andersen
 

"Erik F. Andersen" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes news:XXXX@XXXXX.COM...
Maybe someone has the answers saved?
 

Joanna Carter (TeamB) writes:
suggestion.
-Craig
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"Erik F. Andersen" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
wrote an app named QuiZuite (a suite of three executables for creating,
taking, and evaluating tests) that you can download from Winsite. It comes
with a sample Delphi quiz of either 25 or 100 questions. If 25, let me know,
and I will try to scrounge around and find the 100-question file if you're
interested.
As payment, you can bake me some Abelskiver (sp?) next time I am in Denmark.
 

What about PDA? Do they still exist?
 

BrainBench has tests for Delphi and I believe one which are for old versions
(Delphi 3/Delphi 4) are free
You can ask your candidates to take a tests
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Serge Dosyukov
Borland Delphi product certified
Microsoft Certified Professional
"Erik F. Andersen" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes

Craig Stuntz [TeamB] writes:
| Ask them to write some code for you. At the interview.
What would people's reaction be to something like an MSCD gained in a ten
day crash course ??
Joanna
Consultant Software Engineer
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Craig Stuntz [TeamB] writes:
| I must be missing something; I don't see how this relates to my
| suggestion.
Well, I was wondering, if Borland did such a thing, would that convince an
employer that they were worth employing.
Joanna
Consultant Software Engineer
TeamBUG support for UK-BUG
TeamMM support for ModelMaker
 

"Ian Mar{*word*249}s" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
of the loop at least for awhile.
 

"Serge Dosyukov" <serge@argosoftware[DOT]com>writes
for Delphi 3 and didn't do as well I as I'd have liked.
I noted the following :
1. One or two questions seemed somewhat {*word*193}. I had to really think about
the choices I was given and even though I knew the subject properly, I
could not make a selection I was happy with.
In fact one question was so bad, I ran out of time so it was skipped.
2. Very interestingly, apparently I scored higher than 69% of all previous
test takers. This makes me wonder about the quality of either the test or
most delphi programmers.
3. Also interestingly, a very large proportion of the top scorers had
eastern european names. Which to me is surprising (assuming they are
eastern europeans living in eastern europe) because of the additional
problems with language difficulty.
4. Even more interseting, I noticed Brian Long did NOT score 100% (5).
This very much leads me to believe the test is not really fair, is flawed
or simply poorly written. Or Brian was having a bad day.
Best Regards
 

I forgot to mention,
I only scored 3.24 (from 5)
Best Regards
 

I think nowadays almost everyone (in the IT sphere) knows English.
Here the "not so good" situation <g>stimulates the
young people to learn more. Maybe thats the explanation!?
Regards,
Bojidar Markov
 

"Bojidar Markov" <XXXX@XXXXX.COM>writes
I was implying that even though the test is more difficult for them because
of language, they still manage to get the best scores - and this seems
surprising to me because I speak english and I still had problems with some
of the questions.
trouble with English (They speak fine but reading is problem).
Regards
 

"æbleskiver" (or "aebleskiver") - very close!
best regards
Thomas