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Subject:    RE: Top 30 UNIX command Interview Questions asked in Investment
From:       "Martin, Patrick " <patrick.martin () citi ! com>
Date:       2011-05-17 16:44:18
Message-ID: 7E8F5D5DE1D0644897B9D3FB3CB078CD0B13B44310 () exgtmb10 ! nam ! nsroot ! net
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When I first came to Jacksonville I had to pass the consulting company's "Unix Exam". \
The interviewer said, "I'll just give it to you over the phone instead of having you \
come in.  Out of hundreds of candidates, only 1 guy  so far has ever scored perfect \
on it."

Up through 45 questions that were ridiculously basic, I had a perfect score.  I was \
fairly salivating at being the 2nd perfect score when he asks me:

"What's the "In" command do?"

I was stumped, hmm...."In", I then said, "I have never heard of it, I don't know..".

He says "It creates links between files.  That's the first one you've gotten wrong."

I say back: "You mean the "ln" or link command?  It creates symbolic or hard links \
between files."

He says: "Yeah, I guess that is an "l" not an "I".

I reply: "Did I get that wrong or right?"

He says: "You got it wrong, but you're doing pretty good, don't worry about it..."

Seriously???  HR should not conduct technical interviews, period.

- Pat

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Tiseo [mailto:ptiseo@metacodestudios.com] 
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 11:03 PM
To: list@jaxlug.org
Subject: Re: Top 30 UNIX command Interview Questions asked in Investment Banks

In sharp contrast, I just read:
http://www.humbledmba.com/everyone-sucks-at-interviewing-everyone

> )
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*PAUL TISEO, President*
*Metacode* Studios, Inc.
ptiseo@metacodestudios.com <mailto:ptiseo@wasteconsultants.com>
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On 5/16/2011 9:02 PM, Rafael Troncoso wrote:
> I thought somebody may find this interesting
> 
> http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2011/05/unix-command-interview-questions.html
> 
> 

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