Help With Interview Testing
Help With Interview Testing
(OP)
Hi all,
I wanted to say hello to everyone first! I am new to the NX forum but not so new to the eng-tips.com forum. Everyone here has been really helpful with answering my questions in the past or at least getting me to think on the right path to solving a problem I ran into and been really helpful and once again I am hoping the group here may be able to help me out!
We are interviewing/hiring someone for a CAD position here for NX. My supervisor is still unsure of if he wants an experienced person or someone a little less experienced and I wanted to show him the difference between the two in testing times.
If you all can and wouldn't mind if you could send me models that you would consider at least moderately difficult to complete I would appreciate it. If you wanted to chime in maybe you as an experienced NX user could attach yours and let me know approximately how long it took you to complete the model, and what you might rate it on a difficulty scale of 1 to 10. If you want to leave the history that's fine however step files will work just as good too as this will be for a test and the history will have to be removed anyhow.
If you are unable to do this maybe someone could point me to a site where I could download a model or possibly find a drawing of something that I could draw and time myself. Unfortunately I'm away from the office for a few days and won't be able to do that until I return which will be after the interviews have already started.
Thank you all very much for your help I do appreciate it very much!
I wanted to say hello to everyone first! I am new to the NX forum but not so new to the eng-tips.com forum. Everyone here has been really helpful with answering my questions in the past or at least getting me to think on the right path to solving a problem I ran into and been really helpful and once again I am hoping the group here may be able to help me out!
We are interviewing/hiring someone for a CAD position here for NX. My supervisor is still unsure of if he wants an experienced person or someone a little less experienced and I wanted to show him the difference between the two in testing times.
If you all can and wouldn't mind if you could send me models that you would consider at least moderately difficult to complete I would appreciate it. If you wanted to chime in maybe you as an experienced NX user could attach yours and let me know approximately how long it took you to complete the model, and what you might rate it on a difficulty scale of 1 to 10. If you want to leave the history that's fine however step files will work just as good too as this will be for a test and the history will have to be removed anyhow.
If you are unable to do this maybe someone could point me to a site where I could download a model or possibly find a drawing of something that I could draw and time myself. Unfortunately I'm away from the office for a few days and won't be able to do that until I return which will be after the interviews have already started.
Thank you all very much for your help I do appreciate it very much!





RE: Help With Interview Testing
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So I was kind of seeking parts that would take more than an average skill to complete. If someone takes a week long NX crash training course and comes to take a test if I ask them to complete the moderately challenging part then more than likely they will not be able to. If they can than the part wouldn't be challenging enough.
Does that make more sense? We're first seeking out skilled NX users for interview. In about 3 to 4 weeks we will be seeking out the less skilled users that will be willing to train. Then we'll make the decision on which way to go.
When you said there's more to NX than just creating solid models what is it that you meant? Because pretty much I thought that is exactly all it does unless I'm not following you...
Thank you for responding!
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Seriously, if you are talking about exactly ONE position at your company, what compelling reason would you have to hire the inexperienced person?
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To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?
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That depends on how you use the software. There's the "hack 'n whack" method which is quick and where anything goes, to more involved methods which may or may not include arrangements, linked fully constrained sketches and complex surfacing, depending on how you intend to use the model. Just creating drawings or models for CNC does not require the same skill set as more intricate use of the software would.
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ewh-I get the fact that there is skill involved in the creation of a solid model almost an art I would consider it.
I thought posting this here that a few people would enjoy a chance to challenge someone to create a part that they've made that was possibly challenging when they created it, or figure it might be challenging to another person. If you don't want to help then just don't reply seriously don't waste your time or mine. If you want to post an attachment than I would appreciate it very much still!
Thanks
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You speak of a need in two or three weeks. How are you expecting the inexperienced user to gain the experienced user's solid modeling knowledge in that short a time?
Proud Member of the Reality-Based Community..
To the Toolmaker, your nice little cartoon drawing of your glass looks cool, but your solid model sucks. Do you want me to fix it, or are you going to take all week to get it back to me so I can get some work done?
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I want to show the supervisor that an experienced user can make our product with minimal error in the methodology. I also want to try comparing those test results to the more inexperienced users test results to see where they stand and try to estimate where they're at and where they could be best used. The problem with using our own as I'm sure with most is the confidentiality issues, as well as the fact that the users here are used to the methodolgy they use on the current products, and wanted to see and possibly try a few outside models if anyone is willing to show them.
Depending on what decision is made the inexperienced user(s) would not be expected to learn it all in such a short period of time. They would be given different tasks from the more experienced members of the team to spread the work load out.
Hopefully that sort of sums it up. I apologize for the sort of vagueness of the first post I'm just looking for a few challenging models to recreate for testing reasons. Right now all of our users are really super busy and taking somethign from scratch and then testing and timing it ourselves first is what we will have to do I'm just trying to take the first huge step out of it to save time. Is this making any sense? I'm typing this all out kind of erratically so I apologize if my request is kind of not making sense.
Thank you!
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Thanks!
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Can you send us the link to that specifical test site?
Thanks!
MZ7DYJ
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGjbVwf-BIc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6UtOKHheUE
John R. Baker, P.E.
Product 'Evangelist'
Product Engineering Software
Siemens PLM Software Inc.
Industry Sector
Cypress, CA
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To an Engineer, the glass is twice as big as it needs to be.
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We've hired 2 senior designers and one designer straight out of school. 3 to 5 more in the next 10 days!
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Siemens has a NX designer certification that might be of use.
I have heard of at least one company that forced consultants to take the test to see if they was up to speed in NX or needed training. That company then had the policy that if the consultant needed training, the consultant would not get full payment until he could prove that his knowledge of NX was sufficient.
http://training.industrysoftware.automation.siemen...
Regards,
Tomas