Skeptical Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 I'm interviewing PHP programmers and want to give them some good PHP test questions, ones that not only test their code knowledge, but also test their logic skills.The test will have to fit in an interview session of 1-2 hours though, so nothing big.Can you guys help me come up with some good questions? Perhaps some small code project questions to ask also, like "designa mysql db and do this..." Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/27407-good-php-test-questions-to-ask-interviewee/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkBait Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 Couldn't you just ask for some sample code that you could perhaps run and see how their logic works?For me anyway I'm not much of a linguistic person and I am more hands on, visual type.I guess it would also depend on what type of programming you were looking for.Do you want basic PHP with just echoing text, or perhaps a little more advancd with just doing MySQL Queries and outputting the results to a web browser? Or do you want them to know the fundamentals behind OOP (object orientated programming) in a PHP environment and have had experience in OOP in PHP? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/27407-good-php-test-questions-to-ask-interviewee/#findComment-125375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsladek Posted November 16, 2006 Share Posted November 16, 2006 It would help if You the interviewer knew PHP. If not it would be better if there were another programmer that you could have chat with the interviewee to see what they know.I personally don't commit any of this stuff to memory and I constantly reference/cut and paste my old code over and over again. If you sat me in a room without something to reference (book/internet) I would probably blow it. I'm not a professional programmer but this goes for my Real Job too... Some commands I just have to reference to get the syntax just right.I think people don't get jobs because interviewers don't really know the requirements of the positions they are hiring for. I guess this works both ways since some people also get jobs they are not qualified for but get the oppertunity to learn the skill required on the job.Short of that you can look at this http://www.techinterviews.com/?p=243 or this http://www.geekinterview.com/Interview-Questions/Programming/PHP or this http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLR,GGLR:2006-32,GGLR:en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=%22php+interview+questions%22&spell=1Regards,John Sladek Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/27407-good-php-test-questions-to-ask-interviewee/#findComment-125387 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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