From: | Craig S. |
Sent on: | Friday, December 13, 2013, 9:24 AM |
We ask this. We also ask "what's the difference between a list and a set".(Preferably we ask these questions in a phone interview to save everyone time.)The number of people who don't answer well is staggering.
On Thursday, December 12, 2013, Richard Gomes wrote:No to mention the already popular "tests" applied by RH people at UBS.
First question: what's the difference between abstract classes and interfaces?
This makes me laugh.
The last time I was there I finally did what I had told myself in other opportunities I've been there.
I stood up and said to the young lady: I don't think the bank is looking for me and I'm certainly not looking for what you have.
This saved me only 30 mins of my time, but gave me a lot of satisfaction :)
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On 12/12/13 17:04, Pawel Krupinski wrote:
When I was applying they didn't prefer any specific tech (not even Scala). It's probably the recruiter that made it up.I kind of like these excercises. At least they're somehow relevant to the job. This one was even challenging.
Paweł
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:25 PM, Mathias Bogaert <[address removed]> wrote:
Talking about waste of time, this is what a recruiter sent me. I had to solve this, in Scala with Akka preferably, *before* they would send my CV to Trafigura!
Cheers,
Mathias
On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Michael Bennett <[address removed]> wrote:
Hi guys,
Its not just the scala world this is happening, I had to do some IKM assessment tests for Java 6 recently for a job, quite pointless as its a test of your long term memory (your supposed to not use the internet or any other resources, just like REAL life eh???).
So I did this test scored 82% or something or other, so I think, thats pretty good for a tard like me ;-) I'm in the 52% percentile with this score and I was told the Bank in question wont accept anyone lower than 80% percentile. Funny thing was said Bank already offered me two VP roles in other departments without these stupid tests, they met me in person, saw the white of my eyes and knew I could do the job. Its very frustrating when you get recruiters who are just doing a fire and forget approach, get a few people tested and don't actually know your skillset and how it can apply to the client or the recruiting manager on the client side is just reading from a crib sheet of want's from the team.
I know a lot of recruiters want to be friends on linkedin (whats with all the female x-factor lookalikes in recruitment who want connect? I must be really lucky ;-) and I just feel its a way to harvest your other tech contacts to impress clients with a list of possible names. Call me cynical.
regards
Michael Bennett
On 12 December[masked]:04, Richard Gomes <[address removed]> wrote:
Hi Peter,
Indeed. Just a waste of time.
When I see something which is potentially interesting, I just send my CV and mark that in a spreadsheet in order to avoid duplication.
And then I forget.
Eventually something comes back. Sometimes there's a client willing I answer a test or solve something.
If I see it's something pretty easy which I can solve in less than one hour, I solve the test. Otherwise, definitely, not.
My time is too precious to waste with stupidity. I have much more important things to do, such as sleeping, for example.
Cheers :)
Richard Gomes
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On 12/12/13 14:11, Peter Pilgrim wrote:
Adolfo
You are quite correct. Another £600 role advertised from another business advertised in London , saw this morning. So I sent my CV. I got a response, requesting that they want 12 months recent `Core Scala' experience. I will not be sending my full CV until I see and read a full job specification from now onwards. Not extracts, or copy-and-pastes, but real client requirements as the hiring manager wants.
This is a stupid game: our lives are far too short for this.
Peter Pilgrim,
On 29 November [masked]:49, Adolfo Custidiano <[address removed]> wrote:
Do not believe it... I participated on that interview process even thought they offer those rate at the end the will not pay for it... they final offer was 500 pounds per day.
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