Re: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less?

Phone interviews are less interesting than in-person interviews, because you can watch the person as he or she thinks through a programming question or challenge. As far as what you can ask, I would ask them what Perl books they own or use on a regular basis (look for O'Reilly titles as well as a handful of the others from Manning and A-Press), and ask them if they take part in any online or in-person Perl community (such as perlmonks, Perl Mongers, #perl on IRC, etc.).

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Re^2: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less? by saberworks (Curate) on Sep 13, 2005 at 21:16 UTC
I'm not certain this is a good question. I own the camel book and some old CGI programming book, but I rarely (if ever) consult these. The web and perldoc are much more useful (as it lets me get at the information more quickly).	[reply]
Re^3: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less? by biosysadmin (Deacon) on Sep 13, 2005 at 23:59 UTC
I think it's a good question, as long as the interviewer is good. As an interviewer you don't necessarily want them to mention a "right" answer. Many times a different answer can be acceptable, if it's correctly justified.	[reply]