Hi Peter.

What is precision of that DVM in voltmeter mode ? ;)
Do you have sharp cutters and precise ruler as well? ;)

WBR Dmitry.

PS.

(Also I think it's better to cover shunt ends with solder
so that length is extra)




"Peter L. Peres" wrote:
>
> Why not set up a small exam that involves tasks the interviewee would be
> asked to perform in his/her job and deliver it orally instead of wasting
> time to find out what the person does in its free time ? You would choose
> tasks that would not require previous knowledge of the specific equipment
> you are really using. Like 'how would you make and test a 5% 30 miliohm
> shunt given 0.5 ohm/meter resistance wire, a common DVM that is only
> accurate to the nearest 0.1 ohm on the 200 ohm scale, a 10R 10W resistor
> and a laboratory power supply'.
>
> The oral exam allows you to cut it short if the candidate is not so
> promising. If it would be in writing he would trundle through the whole of
> it and someone would have to read it.
>
> I would write down 20-30 common tasks like this and then see what happens
> in real time (giving 3-4 of them to each).
>
> All the stupid questions I have been asked in interviews invariably had
> nothing whatsoever to do with the job, and made me feel like talking to my
> future in-laws, with special emphasis on glances, smiling when appropriate
> etc. Several times similar interview strategies (applied by others) have
> landed me with co-workers who were very nice, with high potential, and a
> bear to train on the job (sometimes for months) with which they had no
> affinity. Niceness is what you need to prevent fist-fights and unbearable
> persons - and it will take a major crisis under pressure to find out about
> who is really nice, hobbies are what you do when you go home, work is what
> you do at work. Oh, and find out if they can read and write tihnical
> inglis ;-).
>
> Peter
>
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