Comments on: How To Ruin Your Interview http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/ How a random programmer views the world. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:01:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: oopla http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1454 oopla Wed, 12 Jul 2006 03:18:21 +0000 http://blog.air0day.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1454 Good. Good.

]]> By: Rod http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1453 Rod Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:48:28 +0000 http://blog.air0day.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1453 oopla, Like I said, as soon as the guy found out we ran Windows, he declined the offer. I wouldn't have posted it if we were the ones making the final decision, but I went ahead and shared the humor because he was. My boss knows about the post. Not worried. :) oopla,

Like I said, as soon as the guy found out we ran Windows, he declined the offer. I wouldn’t have posted it if we were the ones making the final decision, but I went ahead and shared the humor because he was.

My boss knows about the post.

Not worried. :)

]]> By: oopla http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1450 oopla Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:00:43 +0000 http://blog.air0day.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1450 Rod, I am writing to suggest that you take down this post. While I am not a lawyer, From what I can see this article could definately come back to bite you in the posterior. In item 11 you remark that having links to fundamentalist religious websites on his website. Unfortunatly, in the eyes of a court that would be religious hiring discrimination. I don't mean to accuse you Rod, it is just that puting that in print is risky for both you and your employer. If your boss sees it, it could get you fired. I read through the post and came to the same conclusion that this man has shown that he lacks maturity and proffesionalism. and left me with a nagging fear that he probably observes National Bring your Gun to Work Day. The key with this is about keeping a partition between your personal and professional Lives. I hope this Breach does not negatively effect you. Rod, I am writing to suggest that you take down this post. While I am not a lawyer, From what I can see this article could definately come back to bite you in the posterior. In item 11 you remark that having links to fundamentalist religious websites on his website. Unfortunatly, in the eyes of a court that would be religious hiring discrimination. I don’t mean to accuse you Rod, it is just that puting that in print is risky for both you and your employer. If your boss sees it, it could get you fired.

I read through the post and came to the same conclusion that this man has shown that he lacks maturity and proffesionalism. and left me with a nagging fear that he probably observes National Bring your Gun to Work Day.

The key with this is about keeping a partition between your personal and professional Lives. I hope this Breach does not negatively effect you.

]]> By: Rod http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1429 Rod Sun, 09 Jul 2006 14:43:10 +0000 http://blog.air0day.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1429 One thing I didn't mention this guy also did was bring in a big long code sample. Now, this isn't bad alone, we've hired another guy who brought a similar sample in, but I am struck by how funny I find this. Good OO code doesn't look interesting on its own. If you're writing OO code, any given object is going to be extremely boring and simple, since it only does one thing, and it should do it in an elegant way. Ideally, your object will be a bunch of getters and setters and one interesting method. In a perfect world, they all fit on 2 or 3 pages. Obviously, that's now how it always goes in real life, but that's the idea. When you bring in a 100 page printout of your object that contains a ton of "clever" code, you don't get people looking at it and saying "wow, this guy is very clever!" you get people saying "wow, I sure would hate to have to maintain this piece of shit!". Don't bring code samples. Small ones are boring. Big ones are bad. You can't win. One thing I didn’t mention this guy also did was bring in a big long code sample. Now, this isn’t bad alone, we’ve hired another guy who brought a similar sample in, but I am struck by how funny I find this.

Good OO code doesn’t look interesting on its own. If you’re writing OO code, any given object is going to be extremely boring and simple, since it only does one thing, and it should do it in an elegant way. Ideally, your object will be a bunch of getters and setters and one interesting method. In a perfect world, they all fit on 2 or 3 pages. Obviously, that’s now how it always goes in real life, but that’s the idea.

When you bring in a 100 page printout of your object that contains a ton of “clever” code, you don’t get people looking at it and saying “wow, this guy is very clever!” you get people saying “wow, I sure would hate to have to maintain this piece of shit!”.

Don’t bring code samples. Small ones are boring. Big ones are bad. You can’t win.

]]> By: Eric http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1425 Eric Sun, 09 Jul 2006 03:39:19 +0000 http://blog.air0day.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1425 Our most amusing resume to date has been this one guy who wrote his entire resume in the third person. He also gave a reading assignment for a chapter in some programming book that was supposed to give us a good idea of his programming style. Also along the lines of keeping the right-wing nutcases at bay, we just have to point them to our client's sites. The Stranger's especially. Our most amusing resume to date has been this one guy who wrote his entire resume in the third person. He also gave a reading assignment for a chapter in some programming book that was supposed to give us a good idea of his programming style.

Also along the lines of keeping the right-wing nutcases at bay, we just have to point them to our client’s sites. The Stranger’s especially.

]]> By: jess http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1411 jess Sat, 08 Jul 2006 16:02:53 +0000 http://blog.air0day.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1411 you mean...that's NOT what I should be doing? I DID IT ALL WRONG! *cries* Oh, a friend of mine interviewed someone for a graphic artist position with some of the exact same problems...when they asked him how he would respond to tension between group members he said he'd talk about those members behind their backs and get the other members to join with him against the 'bad' team member. whooo! you mean…that’s NOT what I should be doing? I DID IT ALL WRONG! *cries*

Oh, a friend of mine interviewed someone for a graphic artist position with some of the exact same problems…when they asked him how he would respond to tension between group members he said he’d talk about those members behind their backs and get the other members to join with him against the ‘bad’ team member.

whooo!

]]> By: Dan http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1407 Dan Sat, 08 Jul 2006 08:56:06 +0000 http://blog.air0day.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1407 Shit Duke - I'd be a little afraid too. By the way, I like the use of 'abort' instead of 'eliminate', 'stab', or 'choke-slam'. Anybody that stupid actually might not know the difference between right and wrong. Guess I'm not terribly surprised though, I was halfway through the list when I guessed this was somebody real. (Hooray for being right, funny how I don't really feel like a winner though...) Shit Duke - I’d be a little afraid too. By the way, I like the use of ‘abort’ instead of ‘eliminate’, ’stab’, or ‘choke-slam’.

Anybody that stupid actually might not know the difference between right and wrong. Guess I’m not terribly surprised though, I was halfway through the list when I guessed this was somebody real.

(Hooray for being right, funny how I don’t really feel like a winner though…)

]]> By: Duke http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1398 Duke Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:29:33 +0000 http://blog.air0day.com/2006/07/07/how-to-ruin-your-interview/#comment-1398 I think you don't want to link to the dudes website cause yer afraid he'll find it, hunt you down and abort you. I think you don’t want to link to the dudes website cause yer afraid he’ll find it, hunt you down and abort you.

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