How do you interview a VB programmer?
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I don't do too much in VBA, but it can be very helpful when needed. I'm assuming your company is working on projects that require VBA currently. I would pose a question regarding one of those...
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Not every line should be documented.
With proper name convention you can read code AS IS
Public Sub MoveEXRow(ByRef EXWorkSheet As Excel.Worksheet, ByVal fromRow As Long, ByVal toRow As Long)
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Hi
Looking to hire a VBA programmer to do some work at our company. What is the best way to determine a candidate knows how to do what we need done? I have a stack of resumes, all professing to...
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Well by most HR laws you can't ask much about the person intimately so stick with the basics.
1. Tell me about yourself (in regards to your programming background).
2. How long have you been...
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VBA uses the same syntax as VB but you are working with the different set of libraries.
Just ask about Excel / MSWord Libraries or windows scripting.
Ask about debugging, everybody can write...
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Have them program something simple or give a small existing project and tell him how u want it changed...something small tho that he could do in 15 mins and see how they handle it
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Narrow it down to a few based on personality and resume, then pick a simple project and have him go at it. We put a supposed Cisco engineer to the test once. We put him in a room with a router and...
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as for examples of previous code, and look at how well commented/documented it is - ask another programmer to do this if you can't read code
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I have not done any tech hiring before. And to make matters worse, I can't program at all. We are filling this slot to take care of a legacy process, we don't...
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You might even want to consider narrowing down your field by small projects alone. Base your choices by length of time it takes for the person to return the results as well as judge by how they...
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1) An education in computer science from an accredited school is a good indicator of quality.
2) Look for a good attitude. A lot of software developers I've interviewed, and some I've worked...
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Be forewarned, this is ugly, but it works. We have weekly data in Excel that I need to put in a PowerPoint show. We use this to display on one our LED TVs. Copies data from Excel and Opens PowerPoint...
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I'm an ex PowerBuilder programmer and I was recently given a VB project (using Access) and I had no real problem making it work.
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Thanks and reps to all. I ended up asking each candidate to spell out how they would handle our project, given the inputs we have and the outputs we want. The main thing I looked for was that they...
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You need to use PowerPoint Vba library.
Probably is easier to create a template or templates with placeholders and populate with data / charts.
From coding powerpoint view you will be writing the...
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I would have suggested this, but if you have no other team members that may be a problem. You may have to educate yourself on VBA enough to know what you are talking about, otherwise your role as an...
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THANKS menace and dude... those last two posts are really useful!
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Screw him, ask him about his girlfriend.
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Yes, very possible, check it out here.
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1. Reduce your stack of resumes to a small enough number that you can give a reasonable phone interview to each. Don't try to ask a huge amount of technical questions in the phone interview, but try...
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Find a problem solver, not a programmer.
