Mar
1
2011
Interview

Top 30 questions you should ask the interviewer

Participating in a job interview is a two-way street. Learn about a company by asking the right questions during an interview. Most interviewers will give you a chance to ask them questions. The quality of your questions will be a factor, whether subconsciously or consciously, in their decisions. Some questions may come to you during the interview, but you can - and should - prepare questions in advance. Doing research on the company or team may help you with preparing questions. More...

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Feb
18
2011
Interview // Tips and Tricks

Interview Questions for Senior and Mid Software Engineers

I found these questions in Scott Hanselman blog. Certainly Scott Hanselman wasn't trying to boil all of .NET Software Development down to a few simple "trivia" questions. However, questions by Scott get folks thinking. Believe that really good ASP.NET (and for that matter, WinForms) is a little more than just draging a control onto a designer and hoping for the best. A good race driver knows his car - what it can do and what it can't. Scott Hanselman say his comments regarding to inteviewing process: "I do a LOT of interviewing here (Microsoft), and for a while we were hiring ASP.NET people.  Here's some of the questions that I asked them.  I came up with these questions because you'd "just know" this stuff if you spent time working on a REAL WORLD ASP.NET site - through design, development, debugging, production debugging, and deployment.". Check these questions out! More...

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Jan
8
2011
Interview // Tips and Tricks

Debugging top 10 mistakes candidates make on tech interview

Most often interview mistakes are discussed many times on many sites. But I want to express my opinion on article on careercup.com web site that I like. Here top 10 of mistakes by career cup: Practicing on a Computer, Not Rehearsing Behavioral Questions, Trying to Memorize Solutions, Talking Too Much, Talking Too Little, Rushing, Not Debugging, Sloppy Coding, Giving Up. I will express my opinion on each mistake and my solutions on it in green color. For software engineering jobs, most companies, especially startups, just can't find qualified candidates, but the problem is that this candidate mistakes are common for big companies too. More...

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Dec
31
2010
Interview // Tips and Tricks

Top 15 Tricky Algorithm Interview Questions

How can you answer on tricky algorithmic questions when you have lack of time. The secret to success with this free-form question is to focus and practice. Never "wing it." What do you want the interviewer to remember most about you? List five strengths you have that are pertinent to this job: experiences, traits, skills, personality etc. Because if you prepare for the tough interview questions ahead of time, you'll likely do very well and actually enjoy the process. I have about 50 interviews with candidates at 3 companies that I used to work. Also I was in about 25 technical interviews around the world. The main idea of this article is make your brain think rapidly. Also increase creativity and grow yourself to broad-minded person. More...

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Dec
28
2010
Interview // Tips and Tricks

Computer Architecture Questions on Technical Interview

What are Architecture Questions on Technical Interview? Architecture questions that can be asked on interview in IT companies are always interesting topic. You can be prepared with some theoretical materials before you understand that there is something that you never heard about. Computer science questions is always difficult to manage, because everything is growing so fast and becomes more complex. More...

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Nov
1
2010
Interview // Tips and Tricks

The best IT companies in Ukraine statistics

The main idea of this article is presentation methodology, contestants, results and statistics in Ukraine companies. All questions and interview for all Ukrainian employers was done by Vedjo studio design & development - vedjo.com.ua and most popular developers site in Ukraine - developers.org.ua The rating tries to compare and rank Ukrainian companies that provide software development and outsourcing services. The purpose of the rating is two-fold. Firstly, it provides employers with valuable data as for how their employees view them, compared to other companies. Such benchmarking is very important for companies to stay competitive and move forward. Secondly, it gives insights about the market in general which is badly needed by companies as well as their business partners, clients and media. The rating was held in September–October 2010 by developers.org.ua. 20 companies, 25 offices from 9 Ukrainian cities took part in the rating. 2649 surveys have been processed by 10 criteria. More...

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Sep
24
2010
Coding // Interview // Patterns

What software architect should know?

What things Software Architect should know? Effective Java was the first book I’ve read whose table of contents had read like programming commandments. The rest of the book provided commentary and examples, but the section headers read like axioms to program by. I found a similar book in 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know. 97 Things is a collection of 97 short essays from a number of architects on topics such as soft skills, leadership, and software architecture. The table of contents for 97 Things also reads like commandments or axioms. 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know is a collaborate effort from numerous contributors. The project wiki is available here. Below are 101 axioms taken from the different essay titles from the project. The axioms have been rearranged from the original order provided online to provide context, and in cases edited for legibility. More...

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Hello world! My name is Agafonov Viacheslav. I'm a software engineer at Microsoft located in Bellevue next to Redmond campus and Seattle downtown, state Washington. I was born in Ukraine. My passion for programming is in my ability to create tools that make people's lives easier.

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