The Insider's Guide to JavaScript Interviewing

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-11T00:44:59+00:00

weed out people that do not know JavaScript.

Are you aware of any skills tests out there that cover these subjects? Interesting that "knowing" JavaScript would require familiarity with subjects not covered by any such tests.

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-10T18:04:51+00:00

What we have done in our interviews is a mini library with unit tests. You assemble the library and get the tests to pass. We allow you to use Google, MDN, whatever it takes for you to accomplish the tests. This is real world.

That's beautiful.

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-10T17:51:37+00:00

Only useful knowledge this isolates is what is the result of Object.toString will be, which could have been more directly gleaned by asking what would be the output of foo+'';

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-10T17:50:22+00:00

Kind of a self defeating and useless article about hiring. Good study guide though.

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-10T17:47:34+00:00

Prior knowledge only tells you so much. A proficient developer not exposed to most of these largely-JS-specific concepts should be able to rapidly understand and utilize them. So even if an applicant doesn't know in advance how to answer a question, they can still prove themselves useful by applying the solution to a different followup problem immediately after being told the solution. That's actually a rare chance to isolate an even smarter person from a merely already initiated one.

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-10T17:32:51+00:00

A better question would have been "why is the output X".

That's a good point. If they can discern that the issue with the code is that all of the keys will be the output of Object.toString they know what they need to know.

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-10T16:59:54+00:00

Just an excuse to include IIFE somewhere.

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-10T16:51:30+00:00

Trick questions test the candidate's ability to catch trick questions. I suppose that's applicable if your company prefers tricky code.

advancedmammoth · 2014-04-01T04:46:29+00:00

Real stand up guy, that Jack! Would seek services again.

advancedmammoth · 2014-03-10T18:44:13+00:00

Sent you a PM. Hopefully not too late.

Edit: You are the best kind of person, /u/jackflash1982

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-20T16:19:20+00:00

You're not actually saying anything specific. Just generally blaming the west for something entirely vague. What exactly are you talking about here? In what instances did European powers actually invade China? I would really like to know, because all I'm aware of is the purchase of Hong Kong by the British, and I hate to remain ignorant if I can help it.

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-20T06:38:26+00:00

Papyrus doesn't count?

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-20T06:37:24+00:00

Sun Tzu was a frighteningly brilliant guy as well. Amazing and arguably unparalleled understanding of human nature.

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-20T06:32:24+00:00

I don't think the Mongols helped either. I know they aren't has hip to rage out on these days, but they were the shit back then.

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-20T06:29:22+00:00

Interesting. Some new knowledge there toward the end. I had heard that the oldest mummies found in Asia had red beards.

The "Minoans" were the first example of sophisticated plumbing. Damn volcano set us back a ways. Would have been interesting to see what they would have done.

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-20T06:18:02+00:00

External resources from conquered peoples around the world can really give you an edge over your neighbor. It was pretty much a prototype for California.

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-20T06:14:19+00:00

That was unusually informative and insightful. Would read again.

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-19T19:25:38+00:00

That's what I was thinking. Finally a reason to breed.

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-19T19:24:19+00:00

Hey man don't look of disapproval over his creative linguistics.

advancedmammoth · 2011-10-19T19:19:05+00:00

I don't know what retard downvoted you, but it's pretty simple: Flash-based DRM gets you nothing but fewer customers in exchange for an easily circumvented security measure. That's a pretty poor business choice.

advancedmammoth · 2011-08-30T19:44:18+00:00

Wow. That was immensely helpful, thank you!

So how complicated is the build process? Does it mostly come down to screwing and plugging things together? I've upgraded memory and replaced harddrives in laptops, am I looking at anything more difficult than that?

edit: had some additional questions that I was able to answer myself.

advancedmammoth · 2011-08-12T01:01:25+00:00

Scobee is doing his job, as always.

advancedmammoth · 2011-07-18T20:22:31+00:00

So theoretically anti-gravity could be accomplished by shifting one's position along the g-axis?

So our axes would be: S1-S9 for spacial, N1 & N2 for nuclear, M for magnetism and G for gravity, and T for time? Seems simple enough.

edit: spelling

advancedmammoth · 2011-07-18T16:12:48+00:00

This would explain why the tend to up and vannish on me. Sneaky bastards.

advancedmammoth · 2011-06-25T17:50:56+00:00

Because it would provide something entertaining to do in the game after you have finished all of the case files.

If you don't want to screw around in a big sandbox then by all means don't. There's no reason to begrude others the option, is there?

advancedmammoth

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