Re: Basic PHP knowledge test

Ray Hauge wrote:

On Wednesday 19 July 2006 10:31, John Nichel wrote:

We're looking to hire an entry level php programmer here, and I've been tasked with writing the test to evaluate the potential candidates. Being the lazy guy that I am, I naturally turned to Google to see if I could find some tests that I could use. After clicking thru many links, and finding mostly 'basic php tutorials', I've come here to ask you people to do my homework for me. ;) Does anyone have any links/resources for a basic php knowledge test? If not, I'll have to write one from scratch myself, and mess up the rest of my day of goofing off/sleeping.

I just recently ran into the same problem. I got tired of trying to find one, so I made it myself. It's very specific to what we do here though. I'd definitely be interested in that info though, because we're still looking, and I'm not totally happy with mine, as I didn't have a whole lot of time to write it.

Yeah, reading the writing on the wall, I think I'm just going to have to suck it up, and write it. The worst part of it is, I'm going to have to be involved in the interview process, and I'm *not* a people person. ;) I think I'll go with a few syntax questions (not really worried about that aspect, cause even after 8 years of doing php, I still hit the manual a few times a week), maybe have the people write a basic function or two to check how clean/readable their code it. Possibly also test how efficient their code would be (like to they call a function inside of a loop to get a static value that could have been set outside the loop). Basic db stuff...........ugh, I don't feel like doing this. I'll post what I come up with here; maybe we (this list) can combine ideas and such, and actually put together a pretty good test or two so we can spare the next poor soul who gets put into this position by MBA wielding managers. -- John C. Nichel IV Programmer/System Admin (ÜberGeek) Dot Com Holdings of Buffalo 716.856.9675 jnichel@dotcomholdingsofbuffalo.com