I would not be insulted by those question at all
isotope -
I mean, you have to draw the line somewhere and if you have
to ask questions, those are pretty good.
I recently had a technical interview (via phone), and I was
asked much simpler questions:
- what is use strict
- name an instance where you used a CPAN module
- how do you open a file for writing
- how would you replace a char in string and how do
you store the number of replacements
What is interesting is to find out how someone rates
themselves on a scale of 1-10. I would rate myself at a
5, but that's because I look at this site (PM) everyday
and am constantly introduced to many slick and efficient
ways of solving problems in Perl that I never would have
thought of myself. I feel like a guppie swimming with
sharks. But if I were asked that same question
by an employer/interviewer, I would rate myself at 8, because
they rarely understand just how much there is to Perl.
I pointed that out to a headhunter a while back - where I
would have a rating of 8 in Java or VB, it just doesn't
apply the same to Perl.
