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        <title>hi</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<p>great tips for interviewing programmers</p>
<p><a href="http://www.storkclub.com/stork-club-television.html" target="_blank">stork club tv show </a></p>]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:03:00 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Dec 14, 2012</jf:date>
        <jf:author>l esca</jf:author>
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        <title>How to Interview a Programmer</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[<p>Whether interviewing candidates or preparing for an interview, this site is the best help:</p>...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:41:58 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 19:41:58 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Nov 7, 2010</jf:date>
        <jf:author>jack johnson</jf:author>
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        <title>re: How to Interview a Programmer</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[I can't agree more....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2004 07:06:46 -0500</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Jan 12, 2004</jf:date>
        <jf:author>jan vos</jf:author>
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        <title>re: How to Interview a Programmer</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[I'm currently looking for a new contract and a lot of what I've seen in this thread makes me laugh, because I've been there and burnt the t-shirt.  Being interviewed sucks huh?...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:20:25 -0500</pubDate>

        

        <jf:creationDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2004 19:20:25 -0500</jf:creationDate>
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        <jf:date>Jan 6, 2004</jf:date>
        <jf:author>James Radvan</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>1</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Let's try it short, then</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[You still keep hammering on the idea that &quot;but I get more money because I'm well dressed&quot;. Which noone contested so far. Yes, there are more than enough clueless HR droids hiring based on sock colours. Yes, when selling yourself, if all you...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2003 03:50:33 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:modificationDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2003 03:50:33 -0400</jf:modificationDate>
        <jf:date>Apr 13, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Cristian Golumbovici</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Team playing is good and fine</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Team playing is good and fine, and indeed you'll want to have that as a priority when hiring someone. It _is_ a professional skill in this line of work. Not the only skill, but it is a very important one. (And even in soccer, though I'm not a big soccer...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2003 03:46:06 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 13, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Cristian Golumbovici</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>No good</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Christian,...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2003 19:47:13 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 12, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Colon Keethya</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>1</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Huh?</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Ussually companies are out there, looking for people with good programming skills and able to be team players. Nobody looks for *soccer stars*. If you can not realize that simple fact, you are in big trouble.
<br>
<br>Peace!]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2003 13:09:03 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 12, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Roberto Calero</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>3</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Huh?</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Huh? Where did I say I didn't use deodorant? And where did I mention what my buddies would think, or whether I'd even care? Or are we back to your &quot;unwashed nerds playing with he-man figurines&quot; fantasies again? :)...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2003 01:58:55 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 10, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Cristian Golumbovici</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>4</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>Good</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Christian,...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:57:04 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 9, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Colon Keethya</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>5</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>So what is your problem, then?</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[_If_ you can indeed code great (how you look is not my problem), then what is your problem in the first place? I seem to recall having said that my problem is only with the useless non-functional products and useless non-productive people bought _solely_...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2003 15:46:05 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 9, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Cristian Golumbovici</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>6</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>wow</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Christian, you are a very narcissitic and arrogant person....]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2003 10:51:28 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 9, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Colon Keethya</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>7</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>As usual, some examples.</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[Examples from actual projects, where people hired for the awfully wrong skills didn't help the project:...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2003 04:16:56 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 9, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Cristian Golumbovici</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>8</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>The whole point was...</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[..that there are 2 kinds of people:...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2003 02:34:52 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 9, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Cristian Golumbovici</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>0</jf:replyCount>
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        <title>you make no sense</title>
        <link>http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=18040</link>

        

        
            <description><![CDATA[None of that makes a single bit of sense to me.  you complain that i am posting stupid things, yet you seem to feel free to go ahead and write the most far-fetched generalizations this thread has seen up to this point.  Here are some of Your Highlihts:...]]></description>
        

        <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2003 21:16:13 -0400</pubDate>

        

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        <jf:date>Apr 8, 2003</jf:date>
        <jf:author>Colon Keethya</jf:author>
        <jf:replyCount>10</jf:replyCount>
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