Re: Technical questions for prospective AS/400 Contractors

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:51 AM 4/15/97 -0500, you wrote:
>> Date:          Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:51:10 -0400 (EDT)
>> From:          Johnnyboyl@aol.com
>> To:            MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>> Subject:       Technical questions for prospective AS/400 Contractors
>> Reply-to:      MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
>
>> I'm putting together a standardized list of technical questions and/or tests
>> to present to prospective AS/400 contractors as part of the interview
>> process. Included will be such areas as subfiles, display files, icff, data
>> structures, message files,  RPG opcodes (RPG/400 & RPGIV), CL, message
>> monitoring, error recovery, ILE,  DB/400 (triggers, referential integrity)
>> and programming tools (PDM, SDA, etc.).
>> 
>> Does anybody have any favorite lists or questions that they use as one tool
>> to aid in the evaluation of prospective contractors or employees?
>> 
>> Thank You


Well, back in the OLDE DAYES, I used to ask if they could draw the RPG cycle
from memory; and what's the difference between L1-detail time and L1-total
time....  

However...

I'd include questions about subsystems, routing entries, subsystem
descriptions, and other work management things (for technical candidates).

--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com

--PS-- I'd like a copy of the completed list, too...

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