If a programmer is brilliant, then he/she should not have any problem in scoring at least 3/4, assuming that unfortunate circumstances (bad health, family problems etc)
were NOT responsible for the low GPA.
Bear Bibeault wrote:I assume you are talking about entry-level candidates? Or those with minimal experience? For experienced candidates, I could care less what they did in school.
I agree 100% with everything Jeff posted.
Jeff Verdegan wrote: one of them was a complete idiot.
David S Hansen wrote:
Bear Bibeault wrote:I assume you are talking about entry-level candidates? Or those with minimal experience? For experienced candidates, I could care less what they did in school.
I agree 100% with everything Jeff posted.
Entry-level candidates and those with minimal experience.
David S Hansen wrote:
Jeff Verdegan wrote: one of them was a complete idiot.
Interesting experience. Reminds me of the movie Goodwill Hunting.
By the way, when you say "idiot", what do you mean ? Did he/she do something very foolish or was not able to answer a really simple logic question ?
Would like to know.
Jeff Verdegan wrote:
David S Hansen wrote:
Jeff Verdegan wrote: one of them was a complete idiot.
Interesting experience. Reminds me of the movie Goodwill Hunting.
By the way, when you say "idiot", what do you mean ? Did he/she do something very foolish or was not able to answer a really simple logic question ?
Would like to know.
I mean he had one or two Java certs, had lots of relevant experience on his resume, but couldn't provide an intelligent, coherent answer to one single question about Java or CS.
David S Hansen wrote:
I hope you could tell me a little more. Can you give me an example of one question that he did not know.
David S Hansen wrote:
You) Here is an equilateral triangle consisting of * . Write a program to print it.
Shannon Graham wrote:Err...
Ought to print out:
I mean, you would have to measure line height and other foolish crap to make it exactly equilateral, I guess, but why would you say it's impossible?
Shannon Graham wrote:
I mean, you would have to measure line height and other foolish crap to make it exactly equilateral, I guess, but why would you say it's impossible?
Henry Wong wrote:
It is not impossible
Shannon Graham wrote:I guess the question is really meant to see a programmers approach. So it's a silly question
then point out how difficult it would be to make it exactly equilateral.
Jeff Verdegan wrote:
Shannon Graham wrote:I guess the question is really meant to see a programmers approach. So it's a silly question
That certainly doesn't follow. Questions designed to see how a candidate approaches a problem can be very useful.
I don't think this one is particularly good, but then, I didn't post it, just commented on it after somebody else did.
Shannon Graham wrote:
I don't think there's any reason it can't be both silly and useful.
Henry Wong wrote:
What do you think? Should the questions be generic? Or should they be more focused on what the candidate is likely to need for the role?
Henry
Henry Wong wrote:
What do you think? Should the questions be generic? Or should they be more focused on what the candidate is likely to need for the role?
Henry
Shannon Graham wrote:
David S Hansen wrote:Can developers/programmers with "low" GPA or exam scores be awesome ?
David S Hansen wrote:
If a programmer is brilliant, then he/she should not have any problem in scoring at least 3/4, assuming that unfortunate circumstances (bad health, family problems etc)
were NOT responsible for the low GPA.
Sincerely,
A Whovian on a JVM.
David S Hansen wrote:I am asking this question from an employer's perspective (although I have never been one). I see that some jobs accept "low" GPA's ie < 3 or 2.8 if the candidate has experience.
I feel that this may not be right. If a programmer is brilliant, then he/she should not have any problem in scoring at least 3/4, assuming that unfortunate circumstances (bad health, family problems etc)
were NOT responsible for the low GPA.
Yet, some employers are okay with a low GPA. This does not make sense to me. Is there something I am missing ?
Did any of you come across employees who were brilliant but had a low gpa ? I have not thus far.