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Gross Dude

Gross Dude
I've interviewed several candidates for software development positions. In the interview I ask them how good they believe they ate at Java from 1 to 10, everyone always says 6 7 or 8. Then I ask them to right an outrageously easy program, given three numbers, return the largest.

Out of the 15 interviews I have given, 4 have been able to write the program. People who failed include someone with 8 years java experience and recent graduates.

I do not understand how anyone can get a degree in computer science or maintain a developer position without being able to do this.

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Gross Dude

Gross Dude

Raip posted:

there isn't a built in math function that returns the largest number of a set?

We tell them they can't use certain methods. Like we also ask for the length of a string but you can't use .size ()

Gross Dude

Gross Dude

cruft posted:

Gross dude I want to take your interview test, you should start a new thread tho.

PS: Don't make me do it in Java, I haven't touched Java for like 10+ years (except for my Android app which sucks)

I can post it later, I can only access the forums through my phone and putting up all that would be annoying. I'll post it when I get home.

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