Job interview quizes

Well if you count an interview for an internship as being a real interview--they told me to write a program to run a traffic stoplight, using any language. Now I don''t know about you but my first impression was, "this is a trick, they want me to think of every possibility." So that''s what I did. Funny thing that I haven''t heard from them since.
Doh!

BTW, I actually didn''t mind not getting the internship.

JoeG

Ive been asked questions like: Give an example of an SQL statement, name some assembler registers... stuff like that
Basicly theyve asked me some very basic questions about the stuff ive written in my CV. Just to check if im a fake i guess. No problem unless u havent been completely honest.

I''ve had interviews with no technical questions at all, and I''ve had one (my game job) that gave me a large written test (started easy, then got crazy. And I started it around lunch time, so I was starving by the time I finished it ).

Generally, interviewers want to give you questions to test if you know what you claim to know. If its on your resume, you better know it. Or admit early in the interview that you''ve played with it, but don''t know it too well. Avoid getting busted on stuff you claimed to know.

My favorite question to ask is "From 1-10, where do you rate your C/C++/some API/.... skills". Never answer 10. 8 or above, and I''m going to try and burn you. I test more for honesty. If you have a good understanding of what you know and what you don''t, you have high potential. Anyone who says they are a C/C++/.... master, is a newbie. If you''re good, you know enough to know you don''t know everything.

As for questions, I agree most are general data structure (link lists) or algorithm questions. I personally am weak at on the spot algorithm Q''s. If its a written test I can do it, but oral ones are brutal (luckily I only had that once). Depending on the position, other questions are:

-Explain polymorphism.
-How would you implement complex numbers in C++ (encasulation)
-What''s the difference between system and library function calls.
-explain pointer arithmetic

Here''s one I got nailed on in my second interview.

If I declare something like int a:1, int b:3, int g:1 in a struct, what am I doing? (My interviewer didn''t ask it well, but I wouldn''t have gotten it then anyways).

Just don''t lie or overextend yourself. I personally get offended when people try to put something over on me.

Rock