Ace the Technical Interview [Paperback]

Michael Rothstein (Author), David Rothstein (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072126221 | ISBN-13: 978-0072126228 | Publication Date: October 27, 2000 | Edition: 4

Land the job you want with this computer career guide--packed with interviewing techniques and thousands of answers to the toughest interview questions. Updated to cover new technologies for online jobs, SAP, Linux, Java servlets, and much more. Get the competitive edge in today's job market with this best-selling book!

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From the Back Cover

Includes over 1600 questions and answers to the toughest technical interview questions!

Want to land your dream job in the computer industry? Use the expert interviewing techniques inside this guide and gain the competitive advantage. The best-selling computer career guide has just gotten better. Now, you can get the job you want by using this proven reference, updated and expanded to include over 1600 answers to the toughest technical interview questions. Including brand-new material on Web development, Linux, Cisco, PL/SQLi, and VB-6, this hands-on resource tells you just what to say and what to do to dazzle interviewers and secure the job you want. Written by industry pros and recognized specialists, Ace the Technical Interview, 4th Edition will help you to either break into the lucrative computer field or move into a new area of expertise.

Important coverage includes:
*Strategies for finding the job you want
*Web Development
*ERP--including SAP
*Expanded coverage of Java, including Java Servlets
*New chapter on the Cisco interview
*Updated coverage of Linux
*New material on Oracle 8i

About the Author

Michael Rothstein is the founder and president of Automated System Processes Corporation, a company involved in the development of proprietary software for Year 2000 conversions. His author credits include the previous two editions of this bestseller, as well as three other books on various aspects of systems analysis, programming, and information technology. A former data processing professional at Univac, IBM, and Motorola, Mr. Rothstein has also been an independent consultant to such clients as Citibank, Metropolitan Life, and Blue Cross/Blue Shield. He is based in Forest Hills, NY. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 4 edition (October 27, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072126221
• ISBN-13: 978-0072126228
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,719,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to Ace the Technical Interview, January 25, 2000

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Katrina - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ace the Technical Interview: Includes Y2K Job Opportunities (Paperback)

If you are a job seeker, this book will probably not be a big help. If you are a recruiter seeking technical questions to ask in an interview, this book offers a wide variety of technical questions in many different areas including C/C++, VB, Java, SQL, and many more.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Glaring technical errors guarantee you'll not get hired, April 19, 1999

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Andy Lester (McHenry, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Ace the Technical Interview: Includes Y2K Job Opportunities (Paperback)

I thumbed through this at Borders, and I had to post commentary here to keep people away. The errors just in the web section were enough.

"What are ways to emphasize text"? they ask in the web section. "Use the Blink tag"?!?

They also refer to TCP/IP as a generic name for a suite of protocols such as SMTP, HTTP and DNS. Wrong wrong wrong.

On the other hand, I figure that if someone is buying this book to scam their way into a job that they don't know anything about, perhaps the incorrect answers are what they deserve.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stay away from this book, January 5, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Ace the Technical Interview (Paperback)

I have a solid background in C/C++ and I was hoping to fill in some gaps in other areas with this book. Unfortunately, given the poor quaility of the C/C++ information (and the sometimes-silly stuff in the "how to interview" section), I really don't trust what's in the rest of the volume.

The C/C++ chapter is divided into "beginner", "intermediate", and "advanced" sections. Instead, they should be labeled "unbelievably trivial", "very trivial", and "trivial". Even worse, much of the information is presented in a misleading or incorrect fashion. I suppose this is to be expected, given that the main credentials of the person who wrote the C/C++ section are a music degree and the ability to play the string bass.

If I were giving an interview and I heard a candidate parroting the C/C++ answers in this book, I would promptly show him/her to the door.

Instead, get a copy of: "Programming Interviews Exposed" by Mongan and Suojanen.