ZenSRC

Occasionally, I’m asked to interview new college graduates for software engineering positions at my company. Over time, I have accumulated what I believe to be a good set of interview questions that check breadth of knowledge more than depth. I do spend time digging into depth for what the interviewee feels they are strongest at just to make sure they do indeed know what they claim to. This question on Stackoverflow caught my eye yesterday, and the top rated answer took me to the the Programmer Competency Matrix. This table is a terrific reference for testing programmer’s ability and I haven’t seen anything else that’s quite so concise yet covers so many of the bases.