Re: A meta question

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That doesn't work either, I've had a potential customer who decided I was no
good since they had read Chris Cant's book and didn't know better. They
thought I was terrible since I proposed using METHOD_IN_DIRECT for a driver
that didn't do DMA, but their reference said this was for DMA only!

A formal test is stupid, things like questions below for the most part are
trivia contests. If you want questions, keep them general and part of the
interview. A good example is: Describe a locking heirarchy and the rules
for acquiring and releasing locks. Even here don't reject someone out of
hand if they aren't perfect, in the above request many people get the
release requirements wrong.


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Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
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"Arkady Frenkel" <arkadyf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Pavel !
> IMHO not you will interview the people otherwise few ( no more that 20-30)
> minutes for you will be enough to know what person
> know in the interesting you field , as for boss, take Walter Oney book as
> a collection of interesting and funny questions like origin of state NYET
> in USB ( as your field of interest ) or why 1601 chosen as a base for time
> period and so on ...and classic code examples too.
> Arkady
>
> P.S. Don't forget to mark the page near question so you'll not leave the
> place for your boss to argue :)
>
> "Pavel A." <pavel_a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ug4rzGOeFHA.3712@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "Gary G. Little" <GaryGLittle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:80CBE5D4-82EC-45B1-B9D4-572E3D7BDAA3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> What you just said, Don, is to becareful, since your "test" may really
>>> only
>>> reveal your own ignorance, and may only impress upon the person you
>>> really
>>> want how bad a decision it would be to work there.
>>
>> Frankly, this is what scares me most of all in this task
>>
>> --PA
>>
>>
>
>


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