Xiaofan Chen wrote:
>> Hm, great ideas. What I'm thinking is, there should be a battery of 
>> tests:
>>
>> - Math
>> - Basic Electronics
>> - Digital
>> - Microcontrollers
>> - Programming
>> - "Subtests": PIC, Embedded programming, Java programming
>>
>> This way, it's possible to mix-n-match, depending on the position.
>
> Will this scare the candidates to death? ;-)

I think both you and Bill misunderstood my intent (my bad). Of course no one 
will be asked to do all of the tests. Only the one(s) appropriate for the 
position. In any case, a candidate with the appropriate skill set would be 
able to complete the tests

> I do not see the point if the following is correct.

I think the point is, I will hire great people, or I won't hire at all.

>>From which universities? I think there are better universities out there.

Just a local private technical university (DeVry).

> I tend to think the text books used in the US universities are pretty
> difficult. I was sitting in a undergraduate digital control engineering
> course in a private university and I still needed to spend some efforts
> on it to get an "A".

Yes, that is how I remember it too. Things have radically changed in recent 
years.

> But I would not be too much surprised if the students are from local
> public state universities. As a Teaching Assistant for a senior
> engineering course in a top 50 US University (public), I found it hard
> to believe
> that some of the 4th year EE students lack the very very basic maths
> and engineering skills.

:(

Vitaliy 

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