{"id":366,"date":"2008-03-31T00:10:33","date_gmt":"2008-03-30T22:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/366"},"modified":"2008-03-31T00:15:48","modified_gmt":"2008-03-30T22:15:48","slug":"brain-bench-c-free-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alax.info\/blog\/366","title":{"rendered":"Brain Bench C++ Free Assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine recently told that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainbench.com\/\">BrainBench<\/a> has a promotion with a free C++ test (to be requested for free before March, 31) and I decided to spend an hour to take it. Here is the test description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><span><span name=\"test_description\"><span name=\"test_summary\">Our C++ test measures your knowledge of programming in C++. Designed for experienced programmers, this test covers the following topics: Construction and Destruction, Encapsulation and Classes, Exceptions, I\/O, Inheritance, Non-core Features, Overloading, Standard Template Library, Templates, and Types.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I have been knowing about BrainBench since long ago, if my memory serves me right (since soon after their start, I suppose) and when I took Delphi test. I previously heard that some employers require that candidates pass this kind of test for the employer to have an evaluation of skills, for example from my email archive:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em> We will ask you to solve a small but fairly difficult low-level API problem in Delphi. If that task is completed in a timely manner, we will then arrange for a personal interview. Part of the personal interview may include passing a test paid for by iolo technologies, LLC from Brain Bench (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainbench.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.<span class=\"nfakPe\">brainbench<\/span>.com<\/a>). This test can be taken before or after the interview.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not my case and seriously I think it makes more sense to evaluate a junior or lower intermediate this way. The test contained a lot of STL and C++ language specific questions which I, having been a C++ engineer for years, have never dealt with in real life. No wonder about STL because I have been ATL\/WTL guy but this was true even non-STL questions. And I am pretty sure that many of those would be as surprising and unexpected for the folks I am nip and tuck on a daily basis&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What came to me as surprise was &#8220;Percentile&#8221;, higher than 99% of those who took a <strong>free<\/strong> test:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Score: 4.59<br \/>\n<strong> Percentile: Scored higher than 99% of previous examinees<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Demonstrates understanding of most advanced concepts within the subject area. Appears capable of mentoring others on the most complex projects.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brainbench.com\/images\/certlogo\/color\/mastercert\/cppprogrammer.gif\" ilo-full-src=\"http:\/\/www.brainbench.com\/images\/certlogo\/color\/mastercert\/cppprogrammer.gif\" alt=\"BrainBench: Master in C++ Programming\" align=\"middle\" height=\"50\" width=\"170\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Strong Areas<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Exceptions<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Construction and Destruction<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Standard Template Library<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Types<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Weak Areas<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>None noted<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A friend of mine recently told that BrainBench has a promotion with a free C++ test (to be requested for free before March, 31) and I decided to spend an hour to take it. 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