@@ -1,32 +1,45 @@ -<h3>Questions:</h3> +<p>This is designed to be an assessment of your skill and knowledge, giving you a chance to showcase yourself. You need not attempt every question-- answer those you feel most confident in. Judgement is based on the quantity and quality of your responses, not necessarily which questions you select.</p> +<p>You are free to use the Internet as a reference during this assessment. The Internet will be a part of your work environment; it should be a part of your assessment environment. Consider, though, that neither answers that are not in your own words nor code that is not your own showcase your knowledge or skill.</p> - <ul> - <li>What makes PostgreSQL a compelling choice over MySQL? Does PostgreSQL have any weaknesses compared to MySQL? For extra credit, answer these questions for a non-technical audience.</li> - </ul> +<h2>Questions:</h2> + <h3>Programming Languages:</h3> - <ul> - <li>Name all the levels and types of caching that you can think of which are relevant to the request/response cycle of a web application. For extra credit, rank them in order of implementation difficulty and explain your rankings.</li> + <ul> + <li> + For this question, do not assume your audience has technical knowledge. + What does being a "dynamic" language mean? What are the alternatives? What advantages does a dynamic language have over those alternatives? What are the disadvantages? + </li> + </ul> + <ul> + <li>What is the best example of idiomatic Ruby that you know of? You need not be the author. Alternatively, describe the elements of idiomatic Ruby.</li> + </ul> + <ul> + <li>Compare and contrast the underpinnings of object orientation for any/all of these languages: Java, Ruby, and JavaScript. You are free to substitute any language with which you are more familiar for any other in this comparison.</li> </ul> - + <h3>Web Architectures:</h3> <ul> - <li>What are the important elements of a RESTful web interface? What tools and techniques does Rails put in developers’ hands to compose such interfaces?</li> + <li>What are the important elements of a RESTful web interface? What tools and techniques does Rails put in developers' hands to compose such interfaces?</li> </ul> - <ul> - <li>Nick Kallen, an architect at Twitter, has said "having one 100% Beef Database doesn’t scale". Explain why you agree or disagree.</li> + <li>Name all the levels and types of caching that you can think of which are relevant to the request/response cycle of a web application. For extra credit, rank them in order of implementation difficulty and explain your rankings.</li> </ul> + <ul> + <li>Nick Kallen, an architect at Twitter, has said "having one 100% Beef Database doesn't scale". Explain why you agree or disagree.</li> + </ul> + <ul> + <li>What makes PostgreSQL a compelling choice over MySQL? Does PostgreSQL have any weaknesses compared to MySQL? For extra credit, answer these questions for a non-technical audience.</li> + </ul> - - <h3>Rails</h3> + <h2>Rails</h2> <p><a href="https://github.com/tradeking/techscreen-rails">Available here</a></p> - <h3>Quiz:</h3> + <h2>Quiz:</h2> <p>Amazing Mazes (#31)</p> techscreen.html 65229610287eea5910335f9f1cba04795db86841 Jim Van Fleet jim@jimvanfleet.com http://github.com/bigfleet/bigfleet.github.com/commit/5c80921414f12bd039a5dfb4d6a3bf6a22cd747b 5c80921414f12bd039a5dfb4d6a3bf6a22cd747b

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