Multiple-choice for prospective coders

Cory Doctorow 11:09 am Mon Nov 18, 2002

Here's the kind of essay-question quiz that prospective engineering employees are being given. Joey had to take these a couple weeks ago for a job interview:

1.What is good code?
2. What are basic, core, practices for a developer?

3. What do you like about .NET?

4. What don't you like about .NET? What would you change?

5. What do you like about programming?

6. Do you have a favourite programming book? More than one? Which ones? And why.

7. What is the responsibility of QA?

8. Who is Dr Bob?

9. Who is Don Knuth?

10. Who is Kent Beck?

11. What do you know about Linux? Assuming you're familiar with it, what do you like about it? What don't you like? If you haven't used Linux you can skip this question.

12. What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

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