Ugh. That's the best? I personally think that's rather awful...all it asks is if someone has seen the cover of the books and remembers that there aren't any animals on the cover. It doesn't mean they've read them much less absorbed them. I personally have about 30 technical books at home; many of which I've read one or two chapters in and then left to collect dust. I could tell you what is on the cover of each one if you gave me a minute to think and a full color scale picture of said cover. :)
I like the out-of-the-box thinking questions myself (though no one has ever asked me any) such as: How many quarters would you need to make a stack as tall as the Sears tower? Or Why are manhole covers round? J.T. Shyman Column Technologies -----Original Message----- From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Blair Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 6:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Interview questions Best interview question: What animal is on the cover of the O'Reilly X-Window System books? Only someone who has actually looked will know that this series has solid color covers and no animals. What you're really looking for is some indication that the interviewee is familiar with O'Reilly, and maybe (with luck) has one or two of them in a storage locker somewhere, and has been around computing long enough to understand X. If they've mastered that, they understand operating systems, and you can infer much from the conversation about which O'Reilly and Nutshell books are on their shelf. You can then have some fun talking about the animals and pets before resuming the interview :-) Doug ...... Original Message ....... On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:12:48 -0500 "Kemes, Lisa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >** ><whew!> I thought I was the only one! > >Lisa > >--------------- >From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Rushton >Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10:11 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Interview questions > >** >Dang - 10 years on and still cant answer some of these...!!! > >Mark Rushton >IBM Global Services >Remedy Engineering & Development Team > > > > > >Marc Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent by: "Action Request System discussion list(ARSList)" <[email protected]> > >19/02/2008 13:55 > >Please respond to >[email protected] > > > > >To >[email protected] > >cc > > >Subject >Re: Interview questions > > > > > > >** >1. What is the primary table in the AR System data dictionary? >2. How does the AR System manage the data you see in Remedy Forms? >3. Without using DSO or EIE, what are your thoughts for providing a 'STANDARDIZED' methodology for interfacing/integrating with Remedy applications. This customer was actually looking to use C.I.M. or some other open standard solution to interface with Remedy.... maybe a good discussion for the list!!! >4. How do you trouble shoot AR System server outages to restore access to the system? >5. How does mid-tier work and where does it fit in the client server architecture? >6. Describe how filters work? They were actually looking how filters work in different phases... which led to the next question. >7. Can you force a filter to fire all actions in the first phase? >8. List all of the possible uses for guides. They were looking for walking tables. > >These are all pretty simple questions. I also get some questions about turning on/off server features using the configuration files (ar.conf/ar.cfg). > >Hope this helps some, > >Marc > > >On 2/19/08, Remedy Service Desk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >** > >Hi All, > >Hope you are doing well, can I request for Remedy Interview questions? > >Thanks > >Service Desk > >__Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ > > > >-- >Marc Simmons >Remedy Administrator > >"Everyday above ground is a good day... the rest is a choice!" __Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ > > > >--------------- > > > >Unless stated otherwise above: >IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. >Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU > > > > > > >__Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" html___ > _ Doug Blair Remedy Skilled Professional doug <at> blairing <dot>com +1 224-558-5462 Sent from my Treo, usual caveats apply ____________________________________________________________________________ ___ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
