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Programming Job Skills Test?

Posted by Cliff on from the how-well-did-you-do dept.

eclecticgeek asks: "I've recently finished a CS/SD degree at uni and the interviews are starting to come thick and fast. I've yet to have a skills test for any of them, and it's only a matter of time before I do. I'm hoping to do one this week and I will get the choice of language. The position is quite broad and they're more after competent programmers in general, rather than any one specific language. So I'm wondering, have you done a developer skills test? What type of things did you get asked?"

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  1. Skills Test by moontumbohotmail.com · · Score: 3, Informative

    For my current job, the test was over C++, Java, Perl, and PHP. Some of the concepts that were covered included Linked Lists, Queues, Stacks, arrays, and general CGI knowledge. I think a lot of test will focus on a mastery of the skills that a person "should" take from a college education in CS.

  2. Interview questions by prostoalex · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not exactly a skills test, but on TechInterviews.com I collected a bunch of questions from recruiters and those who interviewed at tech companies. Since the site was up, there were a bunch of questions coming from people just sharing their job interview experience, but recently a lot of that is coming from India. I noticed that "fresher" type of questions used by some large-scale employers in India are pretty rudimentary, so I am not sure whether the applicant is expected to be a college graduate or just a high school diploma holder. So pick and choose, basically, should be a good way to refresh skills, if not self-test.