tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806605514179331942.post7393845079138982042..comments2023-09-08T01:45:44.128-07:00Comments on Ramblings from Rhys: Technical ReviewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255012174375838982noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806605514179331942.post-44060555105223771982008-11-25T03:30:00.000-08:002008-11-25T03:30:00.000-08:00Sounds familiar. The best interview I have had so ...Sounds familiar. The best interview I have had so far was over the phone with a former ThoughtWorks guy Niel. Questions came rapid fire. He quickly asked some technology questions regarding WPF, CAB, Prism then moved on to why IoC/DI, played devils advocate and questioned why you would use TDD and when wouldn't you. Finally asked me about some patterns I knew and what were tell tale signs of when to use them. 20min interview, I gained as much as he did out of it. <BR/>I know now that he is using WPF, Prism (therefore most likely .NET3.5 & VS2k8 with good hardware), they embrace agile processes like TDD, they embrace learning (new technologies & patterns) & they mean business and value productivity over warm-fuzzies. Awesome.<BR/>Problem is, 95% of people I have worked with wouldn't have been able to answer 10% of the stuff he threw at me. Maybe that was the point. The real downer was I had to drop the contract after one day for a range of reasons.Lee Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16932445715757919177noreply@blogger.com