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[luckykaa]

So, had another interview that was a waste of time.  I was hoping for a contract position.  I seem to have interviewed for a temp position. 

I was suspicious right from the start.  It simply didn't sound like a contractor position.  Not quite sure why.  However, the guy said it was a fixed term contract. 

A few days before the interview I became suspicious that he didn't have a clue what the difference was between a freelance contract job and a temporary employment contract.  Rather than confirm, and possibly get a misleading answer, I decided to ask what the rate was.  Contractor positions are always hourly or daily.  If he came back with a annual salary (or monthly, but that's rare in this industry) I could safely tell him I'm not interested.  He was a little evasive about this, so a plugged away and mentioned that they must have an upper and lower limit, and he eventually came back with a daily rate. 

I have no idea where he got that from.  When I got to the end of the interview, they explained that they actually wanted an employee for a fixed term contract, and not a contractor at all. 

So, unless they're offering a pro-rata salary of a heck of a lot more than they're ever going to offer, this whole thing has been a complete waste of time.

I was slightly confused by one of the questions.  I still think I must have misinterpreted.

Class myClass
{
private:
     char *data;
public:
    myClass(){
        data = new char[16];
    }
    ~myClass()
    {
        delete data;
    }
    virtual func()
    {
        printf("hello\n");
    }
};

So, I was to tell them what was wrong with it.  I mentioned apart from the obvious (semicolon, delete should be delete[] *) and I also mentioned that the destructor should probably be virtual since it's designed to be subclassed and explained why.

However, they seemed to be of the opinion that if I created then deleted a subclass, then ~myClass() would not be called unless it was virtual. They were both adamant that they were right, which was odd...  Because they really weren't.  Or maybe I misunderstood what they were getting at.

Wonder if I should email them with proof. 

* They always as this but they always pick a type where it doesn't actually matter.