01.08.08
I wish I have their confidence …
We were interviewing for a senior programmer candidate these past few weeks and I can’t help not to chuckle with the candidates’ responses to the interview questions.
For example.
Question: From 1 - 10 rate your PL/SQL skills?
Candidate 1: I am very confident.
So we asked the candidate to pick two questions out of the nine questionnaires.
Guess how many question the first candidate correctly answered ? nada, zero, zilch, caput.
@!!$$%^@%^@ … i can write pl/sql with my eyes closed but I will never answer “confident” on a job interview.
Here’s another one …
Question: From 1 - 10 rate your PL/SQL skills?
Candidate 2: 8 to 10
So my boss asked questions based on the ratings.
Question: What is the difference between function
and procedure.
Candidate 2: uh….
Another question: (this is a sql 101 question ) What is the difference between truncate and delete?
Candidate 2: uh…
My boss was really in the mood to torture this one, she asked another question.
Question: Which part of the code trap error
Candidate 2: uhh …
Bunch of suckers … why rate yourself so high when you can’t even answer a simple question.
seriously, I wish I have their confidence ..