Re: Need Some RPG Technical Questions

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm a believer in that. Have them write a small program. Give them a
library sandbox and tell them to crank some code. You'll know soon if
they can actually do it.

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Shannon ODonnell
<sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Have the candidate write a short program that uses embedded SQL to pull some
>  records from a file of your choice and display them in a subfile of your own
>  design-specs.
>
>  That's a hands-on test that will demonstrate immediately if the person knows
>  what they are doing or not.
>
>
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
>  On Behalf Of Robert Munday
>  Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 10:51 AM
>  To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
>  Subject: Need Some RPG Technical Questions
>
>  The manager on my new project has asked me to derive a list of RPG technical
>  questions for a programmer interview she is conducting later today.  The
>  company is coming off of two old platforms (COBOL and Lansa) and their
>  intent is to do all development in RPGIV, /Free and embedded SQL.  They have
>  been burned previously by a programmer or two who represented mucho
>  experience only to find that they did not know sh** from Shinola.
>
>  If you have questions to submit which are thoughtful and moderately
>  involved, please send them to me offline at RWMunday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>  Thanks,
>
>
>
>  Robert Munday
>  Munday Software Consultants
>  Montgomery, AL
>  on assignment in Columbia, SC
>
>
>
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