Conducting the Java Job Interview: IT Manager Guide for Java with Interview Questions (IT Job Interview series) (Paperback)

~ Jeffrey M. Hunter (Author), Don Burleson (Editor) "Since its official debut by Sun Microsystems in 1995, Java has matured from a tool that makes Applets to an enterprise development environment able to..." (more)
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Product Description

Offering accumulated observations of interviews with hundreds of job candidates, these books provide useful insights into which characteristics make a good IT professional. These handy guides each have a complete set of job interview questions and provide a practical method for accurately assessing the technical abilities of job candidates. The personality characteristics of successful IT professionals are listed and tips for identifying candidates with the right demeanor are included. Methods for evaluating academic and work histories are described as well.

About the Author

Jeffrey M. Hunter is an Oracle Certified Professional, a Java Development Certified Professional, and currently works as a senior database administrator for CoManage. His work includes advanced performance tuning, Java programming, capacity planning, database security, and physical/logical database design in a UNIX, Linux, and Windows NT environment. He lives in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Rampant Techpress; illustrated edition edition (April 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974435589
• ISBN-13: 978-0974435589
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #219,817 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Worst book I have ever seen, January 26, 2005

By	Andy Dufresne "Andy" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

Either the author has no knowledge of java or has paid very little attention to quality on this book. Most of the questions are flawed. Looks like someone did a web search and compiled some questions together in this book.

Q46 says:
Will the following code snippet compile? Why or why not?

class A {
static void foo(int x){}
}
class B {
void foo(int x){}
}

The author claims that this code will not compile. Try it out it compiles fine. It is obvious that the author wanted to say "class B extends A" when he wrote this question, in which case, the answer makes sense.

This is just a small example of a series of flaws that book comes with. People who claim this book to be good are surely java-ignorant folks.

Each question is followed by a big empty lined writing space. The author/publisher's idea is to raise the book volume without providing enough material. The 289 page could fit in 50 pages on a regular print.

The book is not just misleading but also unfair to the smart candidate who gives the right answer, but is assumed to be incorrect by the recruiters who use this book.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good questions marred by quality control problems, September 9, 2004

By	Reader from Florida - See all my reviews

Attention Rampart Books: Please hire an editor!!

The questions were very helpful - not as finicky as the SCJP questions, but useful at determining a person's level of Java understanding. However, the answers contained a number of inaccuracies and errors. Example: p. 142, wrong signature for toString() is given; p. 143, "In this example, 22=4..." should be "Since 2 (superscript) 2 = 4...".

I would have given it four or even five stars had these problems not existed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very nice Q/A section, April 5, 2006

By	Nathan Steele (Vicksburg, MS) - See all my reviews

I am a manager (and still developing, however as little as possible) for a group of developers working with Oracle Apps 11i and a custom integrated web application for our sales and manufacturing department. I own both the Java and the J2EE version of this book and will be cross posting my comments to both of them. The comments below are both mine and senior members of my staff that have gone through both books.

Both books contain very similar information with regards to the interview process - proper dress code when showing up for an interview, assessing job skills, the values of certification and formal education requirements.

The heart of both the Java and J2EE books, however, is the Q/A section. Both are filled with well written and insightful questions that could be used for many J2EE or Java candidate positions.

With regards to the Java book, I feel that there was fantastic coverage on key features of the language (threads, security, and collections) including basic object oriented design. I did find a few errors, some of which looked like typographical errors, but was able to located the errata on the publisher's site.

Generally speaking, both books are well worth the $$$ and I was very impressed by the quality (and quantity) of the Q/A section. I do see this book as an extremely helpful resource to any candidate preparing for an interview. Hopefully a newer version of this book will address some of the new features found in J2SE 1.4 and 1.5.