Oracle Tips by Burleson

Conducting the Programmer Job Interview

Non-Technical Questions

When conducting an on-site or telephone interview, it's very important that you be able to assess non-technical information about your job candidate.  These non-technical factors include motivation, thinking skills, and personal attitude.  All of these factors have a direct bearing on the ultimate success of the candidate in your shop. They also give you an idea about the potential longevity of a particular candidate.

Each of these questions is deliberately ambiguous and probing so that the job candidate will have an opportunity to speak freely.  Often these questions will give you a very good idea of the suitability of the candidate for the position.  Remember, in many IT shops technical ability is secondary to the ability of the candidate to function as a team member within the organization.

What are your plans if you don't get this job?

Expected Answer: For the answer to this and other Programmer job interview questions visit the code depot for the book http://www.rampant-books.com/book_2004_1_job_programmer.htm