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Coding Tests in the Interviewing Process

Monday, January 26th, 2009

I initially started this blog as more of a portfolio of my work. I’ve described specific projects in narrative form, but I see an opportunity to share more code.

Sanity Check Fail – You’re Doing IT Wrong: Coding Tests.

Every programmer should be on a testing project

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

I think every programmer should get a chance to be on a testing project because it will make him or her a better programmer. On one project I supported the complete software development lifecycle process to develop a multi-tiered, Intranet-based, Product Data Management System from a software quality assurance perspective. The company is a global consumer products company, and they were creating a system to manage information about their products.

To do this the testing team, of which I was a part, analyzed business requirements and functional specifications, and designed test cases. Then we built test data and executed the test cases. For the most part, each of us would concentrate on a specific aspect of the system.

Since my time on this and other testing projects, I’ve found myself approaching development from the perspective as a tester, and it’s helped me be a better programmer. I wish the same for every programmer.

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