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When do you 'speak' C++ fluently? [closed]
I see that many companies require the same skill. This skill is often described as following:
"Applicants are required to speak C++ fluently."
I never really understand what fluent meant for ...
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More comfortable working on the backend, often referred for role on the front end
I have applied and have been approached for different roles in web development recently. The one thing that keeps coming up is that I am more suited to front end development than back end development. ...
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What is the relevance of resumes in the age of GitHub, Stack Exchange, Coursera, Udacity, blogs, etc.?
My resume is no longer relevant. It can no longer contain an adequate description of my technical abilities. One can get a much better sense of what I am capable of by looking at my GitHub ...
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2answers
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Interview: how to ask development process/culture related questions
I just watched a presentation about simplicity by Rich Hickey at InfoQ where he goes over the constructs programmers use to produce artifacts and how those constructs make various trade-offs when it ...
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3answers
469 views
Tips and recomendations for a phone interview
A while ago I asked this question, I got very nice results but now I have a similar situation, but I'm looking for advices and I want to know if you think is possible to tell if you want a developer ...
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4answers
411 views
Opinion and help of the following job interview questions
I'm not familiar with job interview and software development terminology.
So my questions are:
what's your opinion of the following job interview questions and what is the best way to respond,
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7answers
341 views
Which skills would you look for in an offshore junior developer?
Suppose you have to interview a developer for a (not senior) developer position. The catch is that the developer is not from your country and your company would have to invest some money and time to ...
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12answers
2k views
Would a cut and paste coder ever get past a job interview?
As a long time cut and paste coder I never committed much of the syntax of a language to memory. Even worse, I now use google to solve many of the coding problems which are of the type typically used ...
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3answers
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How do you know a company is worth-working at or not? [closed]
I'm leaving my current company, and I'm looking for a better place to work. But this time I'm confused. I don't want to walk in and out in six months again. I want to find a company which I can work ...
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9answers
3k views
Is this Job Smell?
Went for an interview and from what I could gather from the interviewer:
Development is done to a 'wire-frame' specification where users get constant feedback and can change their mind at will
I ...
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4answers
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Creative Technical Interview Questions for Developers
I do a good number of in-person technical interviews for new developers. I like to ask technical questions where I ask people to either code something up or develop an algorithm to solve a task.
I ...
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7answers
647 views
During interviews, how do I gauge a company's respect for my position?
I'm a web developer who previously joined a software company not knowing their value and respect went to big data analysis, not their website. Sure, they needed a public-facing website, but I ...
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Is it bad etiquette to ask a potential employer how they score on the Joel Test?
Developer interviews are different than most other places, because not only do you worry about the people you work with, benefits, job description, etc., you also have EXTRA to worry about after ...
