Jython Phone Interview Advice

George Jempty scriptify at yahoo.com
Tue Mar 15 06:21:19 EST 2005


I'm undergoing a phone interview for a Jython job today.  Anybody have
practical advice for me?  I haven't worked with Python in years, but I
have been working with Java in the meantime (resume at
http://scriptify.com/george_jempty_resume.pdf).  I've been reading up:
my old "Quick Python" (Harris/McDonald) book, a somewhat more current
"Visual Quickstart Guide" (Fehily), as well as "Jython for Java
Programmers" (Bill) via safari.oreilly.com.

My interviewer today will be a somewhat technical manager.  A key thing
I plan to ask is will this be primarily maintenance or new development.
 I don't think I'm cut out for new development considering my
inexperience.

Some things I'm noticing upon (re)reading my books.  Triple quoted
strings: those provide functionality similar to Perl's "here"
documents.

Also, considering Javascript will be a substantial component of my job,
I'm noticing that Javascript's array/"hash" literal syntax is EXACTLY
the same as that for Python lists/dictionaries.  This could lead to
easily sharing data between the client and server side, though I think
I should probably keep this one under my hat, at least with a manager.
Though if things go well I will probably subsequently interview with
more technical folks.

Otherwise, the only thing I can think to tell a manager in a phone
screen is that I'm willing to undergo brainbench.com's Python
certification.

Any advice would be much appreciated.  Thanks in advance




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