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QUESION FOR CAD MANAGERS

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‎05-25-2005 10:06 AM
‎05-25-2005 10:06 AM

QUESION FOR CAD MANAGERS



I was wondering what type of questions or if
anybody had list of questions that you might ask potential new cad hires. My
company is expanding and I'm now responsible for this. Any suggests or comments
would be appreciated.


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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎05-25-2005 10:46 AM
‎05-25-2005 10:46 AM


question1 - why on earth did you go into the cad
field?

question2 - why on earth would you consider THIS
company?

question3 - are you willing to work for peanuts and
no respect?

question4 - whats the matter?  McDeath didn't
have any openings for fry cooks?

question5 - whats that thing hanging from your
nose?
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Anonymous
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‎05-25-2005 11:58 AM
‎05-25-2005 11:58 AM


thanks, sure sounds like you enjoy your job or you
had about the same amount of clueless people working with you as I have had and
it is now my responsibility to hire new people and I'm looking for some
serious questions to give to my human resources person so she can ask them
over the phone to help me weed these type of people out before I bring them in
for an interview.

 

thanks


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question1 - why on earth did you go into the cad
field?

question2 - why on earth would you consider THIS
company?

question3 - are you willing to work for peanuts
and no respect?

question4 - whats the matter?  McDeath
didn't have any openings for fry cooks?

question5 - whats that thing hanging from your
nose?
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎05-25-2005 12:23 PM
‎05-25-2005 12:23 PM


Experience with CAD is the most important thing
required.  Need to ask question directly related to how much time the
possible employee has used CAD. 

Willingness to Learn CAD is the next most important
thing.  Need to give the prospect a CAD test and catch something they are
not doing, and try to teach him how to do it better.  Not to teach, but to
see how they learn.

What are the Prospects Expectations and
Ambitions?  Does the Prospect want to advance in the career, or just draw 8
hours a day.  And do they expect the company to monitor and teach them
without asking.

 

 


Can suggest more questions with answers to these
questions.

What is the feild, Arch, Mech, Civil...What are the
Responsibilities? 

 
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Anonymous
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‎05-25-2005 01:23 PM
‎05-25-2005 01:23 PM


There are also websites with CAD proficiency tests
on them...  do a Google search...   you could provide them with
the website...  you check the results and call them ones that you
like...


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thanks, sure sounds like you enjoy your job or
you had about the same amount of clueless people working with you as I have
had and it is now my responsibility to hire new people and I'm looking
for some serious questions to give to my human resources person so she
can ask them over the phone to help me weed these type of people out
before I bring them in for an interview.

 

thanks


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question1 - why on earth did you go into the
cad field?

question2 - why on earth would you consider
THIS company?

question3 - are you willing to work for peanuts
and no respect?

question4 - whats the matter?  McDeath
didn't have any openings for fry cooks?

question5 - whats that thing hanging from your
nose?
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Anonymous
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‎05-25-2005 02:04 PM
‎05-25-2005 02:04 PM

From my experience you really need to find out how flexibly they are, which will determine how well they adopt your cadstandards. Sure, you can test their autocad knowledge AND you need to know if they know what to document, but someone willing to comply with company standards will save a lot of grief.
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Anonymous
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‎05-26-2005 04:34 AM
‎05-26-2005 04:34 AM


I'd ask for them to bring in sample drawings. 
Yea Cadd Experience is crucial,  but I've seen Cadd Wonderboys that know
all the ins-ans-outs of autocad but did not have a clue how to
"draft".   rrrrrrrr, wait, sorry, my old school moment is dominating
me today.

Oh, and don't worry about who's the best
cadd operator, because your boss will hire the cheapest one
anyway.

 

 

 


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I was wondering what type of questions or if
anybody had list of questions that you might ask potential new cad hires. My
company is expanding and I'm now responsible for this. Any suggests or
comments would be appreciated.


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gomez
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Anonymous
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‎05-26-2005 05:28 AM
‎05-26-2005 05:28 AM


thanks for the responses. I agree with you 
board drafting experience is definitely a plus. I would prefer a drafter and not
just a cad operator. And you most certainly can tell the difference. Please keep
the comments coming.

 

Thanks


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I'd ask for them to bring in sample
drawings.  Yea Cadd Experience is crucial,  but I've seen Cadd
Wonderboys that know all the ins-ans-outs of autocad but did not have a clue
how to "draft".   rrrrrrrr, wait, sorry, my old school moment is
dominating me today.

Oh, and don't worry about who's the
best cadd operator, because your boss will hire the cheapest one
anyway.

 

 

 


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I was wondering what type of questions or if
anybody had list of questions that you might ask potential new cad hires. My
company is expanding and I'm now responsible for this. Any suggests or
comments would be appreciated.


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gomez
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Anonymous
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‎05-26-2005 06:04 AM
‎05-26-2005 06:04 AM

"gomez" wrote in message
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CAD test



-What are the differences between Dtext and Mtext.
-What is a ctb file.
-Which Autocad Layer never plots whether it is turned off or on.
-What are the differences between associative hatching and non-associative
hatching.
-If you wanted to select a line and there were other lines on top of it how
would
you select it.
-What is the difference between the divide command and the measure command.
-If you wanted to increase the length of a line by 20mm how would you do it.
-What does the system variable FILEDIA do.
-What is Orthomode.
-What is the difference between a crossing polygon and a window polygon.
-What is an mnu file.

-What is the difference between Attached and Overlayed Xrefs, and when would
you use each?
-What should you be aware of when doing hatching in a drawing that contains
an xref?
-What do you need to be aware of when using Perpendicular as a running
Osnap?
Explain what happens when you Wblock items and choose a base point rather
than typing 0,0,0.
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jorgeledezma
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‎05-26-2005 07:55 AM
‎05-26-2005 07:55 AM

That ones look like a Miss CAD peagent questions, outside the boot sound. 🙂
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎05-26-2005 09:44 AM
‎05-26-2005 09:44 AM

I think maybe you should look at it in a more simple way. If you want to know if they are willing to learn, and have a knowledge of autocad, give them a drawing with redlines to work on. In the drawing put in a few things that don't make sense or need to be fixed above just the redlines. i.e. put an attribute outside of a block and redline it to be edited. maybe put a section on defpoints. See what kind of stuff they ask questions on and if they fix things that are not redlined but need to be fixed. That will show true drafting skill and work ethic. Please give feedback as I am also in a place to be looking for new quality drafters. Thanks
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Anonymous
in reply to: Anonymous
‎05-26-2005 10:02 AM
‎05-26-2005 10:02 AM

I'll let you know I thought I was going to have more time to prepare but
they throw my first interview on me for tomorrow evening. oh boy!!


wrote in message news:4857634@discussion.autodesk.com...
I think maybe you should look at it in a more simple way. If you want to
know if they are willing to learn, and have a knowledge of autocad, give
them a drawing with redlines to work on. In the drawing put in a few things
that don't make sense or need to be fixed above just the redlines. i.e. put
an attribute outside of a block and redline it to be edited. maybe put a
section on defpoints. See what kind of stuff they ask questions on and if
they fix things that are not redlined but need to be fixed. That will show
true drafting skill and work ethic. Please give feedback as I am also in a
place to be looking for new quality drafters. Thanks
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