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Asked question about the scope of an object. He said I gave the wrong answer. Actually, not only was the answer I gave correct, but I demonstrated it in code after we talked. At the time, he said he wanted to move to the next step, a more thorough tech screen. Then another guy called and said I had failed the technical screening. In other words, it was "say one thing and do another."
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Temp Programmer: C#, WPF

Interviewed at AtHoc

3.5
Dec 7, 2012

Asked question about the scope of an object. He said I gave the wrong answer. Actually, not only was the answer I gave correct, but I demonstrated it in code after we talked. At the time, he said he wanted to move to the next step, a more thorough tech screen. Then another guy called and said I had failed the technical screening. In other words, it was "say one thing and do another."

1) Write a program that prints fizz at multiples of 3 and buzz at multiples of 5, print fizzbuzz at multiples of 3 and 5. 2) Write a program that solves magic squares problem. no need to be efficient, do it any way you want, fastest way to finish the program. -He recommended using brute force algorithm.

C/C++ Developer/Programmer

Interviewed at Arachnid

3.6
Jan 29, 2013

1) Write a program that prints fizz at multiples of 3 and buzz at multiples of 5, print fizzbuzz at multiples of 3 and 5. 2) Write a program that solves magic squares problem. no need to be efficient, do it any way you want, fastest way to finish the program. -He recommended using brute force algorithm.

1. write a replacement function for memcpy. 2. what is the function of several C language functions. 2. where in the development environment file system would you place a blowfish open source package - shown a file hierarchy 3. what would be your criteria for selecting an open source encryption package
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C Programmer

Interviewed at Communications Security Establishment Canada | Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada

3.9
Jun 27, 2022

1. write a replacement function for memcpy. 2. what is the function of several C language functions. 2. where in the development environment file system would you place a blowfish open source package - shown a file hierarchy 3. what would be your criteria for selecting an open source encryption package

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