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• wow (Score:1)

  by rjbs (4671)

  The questions are not all entirely asinine, although the "correct" answers indicate some confusion on the part of the testers. More horrible, though, is that flash intro...

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• I found two without answers (Score:1)

  by lbr (5199)

  $p = [ { a => 1, b => 2, c => 3 }, “ant”, “bat”, “cat” ];
  Which of the following expression gives the value cat ?
  $p[3]
$p->{c}
$p->[4]
$p->{bat}


  $p->[3] would be correct, and

  %x = qw(C Ritchie Perl wall C++ Stroustrup); print @x{C, C++}

  Error : should use % instead of @ in print function
Displays Stroustrup
Displays Ritchie
Displays Ritchie Stroustrup


  This doesn't compile, but of course, they didn't use " in a bunc
  • You forgot pseudo-hashes (Score:1)

    by runrig (3385)

    $p->{c} is correct.
  • Re:I found two without answers (Score:2)

    by davorg (18)

    $p = [ { a => 1, b => 2, c => 3 }, “ant”, “bat”, “cat” ];
    Which of the following expression gives the value cat ?
    $p[3]
$p->{c}
$p->[4]
$p->{bat}


    $p->[3] would be correct, and

    I think you're forgetting about pseudo-hashes (but, of course, everyone should be forgetting about pseudo-hashes!)

    %x = qw(C Ritchie Perl wall C++ Stroustrup); print @x{C, C++}

    Error : should use % instead of @ in print function
Displa
    • Re:I found two without answers (Score:1)

      by lbr (5199)

      I think you're forgetting about pseudo-hashes (but, of course, everyone should be forgetting about pseudo-hashes!) Ah, never bothered to actually learn about pseudo-hashes. Mark one up for laziness!
  • Re:I found two without answers (Score:1)

    by yDNA Barak (3336)

    Maybe hiring someone to maintain some nasty code is exactly what they're going after. Of course, that doesn't jive with their claim of looking for the best Perl hackers. And why on earth would anyone put up a test like this claiming to be looking for the best-of-the-best? I know a few places I could go where I couldn't throw a rock without hitting one. And that Flash intro was just horrid. It must have been written by the winner of their test to find the world's best Flash composer.

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    • Re:I found two without answers (Score:2)

      by merlyn (47)

      Maybe hiring someone to maintain some nasty code is exactly what they're going after.

      I don't think so. I've been in touch with them, and even corrected 10 of their questions with various levels of LART application. They fully believed (a) their questions were satisfactory, albeit hard and (b) they weren't trying to trick anyone with impossible questions.

      I presume they've updated the quiz by now, but I haven't had time to go back to check.

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      • Randal L. Schwartz
      • Stonehenge
• Very broken (Score:1)

  by ChrisDolan (2855)

  The quiz is dumb. Most of them can be answered with perl -e. The broken questions:
  
  1) None of the above. The answer is "\n", unless strict is on.
  
  6) None of the above. The answer is $p->[3] or $$p[3].
  
  11) Both b and c are right answers
  
  14) None of the above. The answer is "\n" because "perl\n" is not equal to "perl"
  
  15) Syntax error: Can't modify constant item in postincrement (++) at -e line 1, near "C++"
  
  • Re:Very broken (Score:2)

    by davorg (18)

    Those questions numbers don't help. I think the questions some out in random order each time.
    
  • Re:Very broken (Score:2)

    by Ovid (2709)

    They randomize the question order every time you take it.
  • Re:Very broken (Score:2)

    by bart (450)

    The quiz is dumb. Most of them can be answered with perl -e.

    But not in the allotted time!
• Consider the source (Score:2)

  by wickline (135)

  The chosen ones can expect:

  • An offer letter from the worldwide leader in marketing automation technologies
  • A surprising (make that stunning) pay packet, benefits and possible stock options
  • A superlative work environment

  Translation:

  • An offer letter from the worldwide leader in spamming
  • make millions selling our list of email addresses
  • while working in your spare time from home

  The quiz sucks because the author sucks because only somo
• Camel alert (Score:1)

  by runrig (3385)

  I wonder if they got permission from O'Reilly to use the camel (the bouncing camel on the "Perl Trivia" tab).
• job offer! (Score:1)

  by lbr (5199)

  Hah, got a mail from them now - because of my "excellent performance in the quiz", they want to offer me a "Hot Perl Job in Bangalore". Of course this offer was sent with 11 visible adresses in the To-field.

  It's an interesting way to hire people, but maybe saying upfront that the job's in India would be smart ;-)

  Email in full:

  Dear Friend,

  Thank you for taking on the Perplexer at www.hiddenPerl.com. We would like to congratulate you on your excellent performance in the quiz.

  hiddenPerl is an att