I am a great fan of getting candidates to perform realistic exercises as part of the interview. What about giving candidates some time to research a relevant...
Adding to that idea, can you get a member of the management team to help interview? Invite the candidate back for a 2nd interview, but tell her in advance...
Also, keep in mind you might have to pass on this candidate because of this. We recently had the rare opportunity to hire a new software test engineer for our...
Hi Dawn, Is it not possible to simply tell Selenium which window to start using for that part of the script, using SelectWindow? We have just implemented a new...
... Nice. Interviewing involves a form of stage fright that can damage your options if you don't notice and understand it. And not everyone automatically has...
... "Note, also, that men think of hierarchies and chain of command where women think of networking and associations." Wow. What a sad view of humanity....
... Very recent studies, IIRC. Did I mention wimmen also suck at math? (Anecdotally, the best mathematician I ever met was female. Here's one of her papers:...
Hi All, Does anyone know of tools that can be used to test/compare image files? Ideally I am looking for something that can be used at a fairly high level...
Ben Cooney
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May 4, 2009 11:44 pm
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The program that the company I used to work for can do this: read two image files, compare them (this would include pixel depth, and colour). If the comparison...
... I would use ImageMagick to - scale the image down 75% - convert to YUV format that format is dirt-simple, and a byte-by-byte comparison can return the ...
I'm amazed how much languages have progressed since I last faced this problem (Windows MFC days). I'm not sure what's out on the market, but here's some C#...
Thanks Eric, Walter, and Phlip for your replies. I see I was wrong, it definitely looks like ImageMagick should be a good choice for this. I had done a bit of...
Ben Cooney
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... Nooo! Just shell to ImageMagick, or run MiniMagick. RMagick is a pain to install _even_ if it comes with your distro! Next, look up Llewellyn Falco's...
Hello Everyone, Â I am looking for change, please do let me know if there is any suitable requirement for my profile. Please find the attached resume for the...
Hi Prashant, As far as I know and in the interest of everyone it is frowned upon or forbidden to post CV, job request or job offer on this list. Kind regards, ...
I'm the moderator and I can't recall that it's ever been forbidden to post resumes. I actually encouraged Prasahnt to d so. I know I've posted before when I...
Hi all, Just took a testing job offer with a company which is an agile workshop. Never worked in a real agile env before. What should I expect? Thanks!...
Hopefully, proactive communication and flexible collaboration to meet shared objectives instead of individual objectives and reacting to things being thrown...
... Your very first attention should be what this crew is actually doing. Do not walk in with any presumptions (or even worse, a bunch of our verbiage!). If...
I think it would be more useful to reflect on the OP's plan given the OP's objectives, background, and constraints than to read the OP's resume. OP, what are...
... Prashant could push up any "Ruby on Rails" experience - RoR programmers are apparently flying off the shelves in some areas. Also, drop the "marital...
... Hmm. That may be, but it's not clear to me how that's relevant to how you would answer the question, "What's one way you might search files on a Linux...
I was uncomfortable posting that I am unemployed and looking, I came to your grou to better understand what is going in the field and learn new skills. Short...
Hi Steve, Â Communication is the key! Â One of the idea behind faster process is communication between teams, a proper channel should be formed within the...