online c++ tests

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March 24th, 2005, 09:57 PM
bbly

online c++ tests

I've been a C++ programmer for years and I know my stuff, but I've been working pretty much on my on for a while so I've only been looking at my own code, which has meant that I'm probably a bit blinkered. I'm currently looking for a new job and I had an interveiw today which was going really well until they gave me a c++ test on paper. All of the questions were stupid sitiuations which you would rarely encounter in the real world and no decent programmer would ever write, containing obscure syntatical errors and traps. To my great embarrassment I made a hash of it.

Does anyone know of any online test of this nature, so that I can get some practice in case I get this sort of test again?

bbly
March 25th, 2005, 03:38 AM
cilu

Re: online c++ tests

Try http://www.brainbench.com
March 25th, 2005, 05:09 AM
bbly

Re: online c++ tests

How about some that I don't have to pay for?
March 25th, 2005, 05:14 AM
Ejaz

Re: online c++ tests

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Originally Posted by bbly

How about some that I don't have to pay for?

In that case, you have come to the right place. Go through the forums on this board, (VC++, C++, Network Programming, Graphic Programing, Multithreading etc). A good place to start with can be the FAQ section. ;) :thumb:
March 25th, 2005, 05:43 AM
bbly

Re: online c++ tests

I have been a C++ programmer for 10 years, specialising in MFC and Win32 APi for the last 8 years. I don't need to re-learn the language. I just want some online tests to brush up on the kind of tricky questions that employers use which involve obfuscated code and syntactical traps.
March 25th, 2005, 06:00 AM
cilu

Re: online c++ tests

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Originally Posted by bbly

How about some that I don't have to pay for?

Look again. You don't have to pay for them. I've just taken some of those tests yesterday. It's free. If you pass them and want a centificate then you have to pay for it.

However, those tests are not easy...
March 25th, 2005, 10:32 AM
Gabriel Fleseriu

Re: online c++ tests

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Originally Posted by cilu

However, those tests are not easy...

No, but they're also not very useful, except when you expect to be tested like that and want to train. Or if you think that a certificate will look well in your CV :)
March 25th, 2005, 10:50 AM
cilu

Re: online c++ tests

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Originally Posted by Gabriel Fleseriu

Or if you think that a certificate will look well in your CV :)

As long as those certificates (from brainbench) have any value. But they don't have any... ;)