I need to hire programmers for my startup and I'm not sure how to tell if the people I interview are any good at it. I would like to create a 20 question test with 5 questions in each of these languages. PHP, JAVASCRIPT, AJAX, and MYSQL. Can you help by giving me a question and correct answer for any one of these languages? I will use your questions to compile the test, difficult but not impossible would be great. Thanks in advance to those that participate!!!
Non tech founder looking to create a straight forward code test.
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Re: Non tech founder looking to create a straight forward code test.
#2Don't bother. It will come accross as condescending and ignorant.
Instead, ask them to show you some projects they've worked on. Let their passion speak for itsself.
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#3It is unlikely that you'll be able to administer a test like this effectively. A test with difficult enough problems is about the WAY you think, not the ansewer you end up with. That even disregards programming tests as a decent measure of competence. This also disregards the fact that ajax is a part of JavaScript and not a language.
Your best bet is to find a consultant you trust and pay them to find a few competent candidates, or find a technical partner
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#4besides the points already raised, why are you deciding which languages your "future devs" are going to be developing in?
Re: Non tech founder looking to create a straight forward code test.
#5It is unlikely that you'll be able to administer a test like this effectively. A test with difficult enough problems is about the WAY you think, not the ansewer you end up with. That even disregards programming tests as a decent measure of competence. This also disregards the fact that ajax is a part of JavaScript and not a language. Your best bet is to find a consultant you trust and pay them to find a few competent…
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#7It is unlikely that you'll be able to administer a test like this effectively. A test with difficult enough problems is about the WAY you think, not the ansewer you end up with. That even disregards programming tests as a decent measure of competence. This also disregards the fact that ajax is a part of JavaScript and not a language. Your best bet is to find a consultant you trust and pay them to find a few competent…
Thank you for the input, do you have any suggestions as to how I could find a consultant?
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#8It is unlikely that you'll be able to administer a test like this effectively. A test with difficult enough problems is about the WAY you think, not the ansewer you end up with. That even disregards programming tests as a decent measure of competence. This also disregards the fact that ajax is a part of JavaScript and not a language. Your best bet is to find a consultant you trust and pay them to find a few competent…
Thank you for the input, do you have any suggestions as to how I could find a consultant?
Here is a spreadsheet of consultants who are active on this very website.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlD_6iEb8Ed9dGs...
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#9Related topic but different subject: I'm a non-tech founder looking for a past YC tech with PS3 level gaming development/producer experience to assist/co-found my social gaming seed startup. Applying to YC next week. I'm highly skilled on the business/strategic piece but need the right programmer. Any advice? Would it be appropriate to post request under "jobs" section? Please advise.