help with interview questions

Team;
I need to come up with a better list of interviewing questions for SSRS
candidates.. feel free to let me know what I should add, remove or
change.
Thanks!
PS - if anyone wants to develop SSRS reports in Redmond; drop me an
email aaron_kempf@.hotmail.com or even add me to messenger
a) what is an RDL file
- an XML representation of the Reports layout; this is typically
'deployed' to live inside of the ReportServer database.
b) what are some of the competitive advantages to using SSRS over
crystal?
- price / cost
- integrated development environment (IDE)
- easy to deploy
c) what is the difference between the 'ReportServer' websites and the
'ReportManager' website.
- reportServer Provides services for execution and distribution of
reports - includes web services, metadata; etc
- report manager is a Web-based administration tool for managing
the Report Server
d) what tools can you use to build reports?
2000
- visual studio
- notepad
2005
- business intelligence development studio
- visual studio
- report builder - geared towards non-technical / end users
- notepad
e) where can you store reporting services reports
- RDL file
- SSRS Server
- embed within a Windows Forms application
f) how do you move a RDL file to the SSRS Server?
- right-click 'deploy' in solution explorer
g) how can you test a RDL file without deploying it to a server
- right-click 'build'
or
- hit the 'preview' tab towards the top left
h) what languages can you use for scripting within SSRS?
- VB.net; C#
i) what is an expression
- a simple way to add logic to your report. Make this section
visible if today is Tuesday for example.Hi Hooker,
They are fine .i would suggest you to add some questions on RS 2005
Development.It seems these questions are completely on Managing the
report server and RDL File.
Include some questions which decides the report development skills like
1) how do you limit no of rows for a page
2) how can you change the colour of a row depending on the value
3) some questions regarding exporting
dbahooker@.hotmail.com wrote:
> Team;
> I need to come up with a better list of interviewing questions for SSRS
> candidates.. feel free to let me know what I should add, remove or
> change.
> Thanks!
> PS - if anyone wants to develop SSRS reports in Redmond; drop me an
> email aaron_kempf@.hotmail.com or even add me to messenger
> a) what is an RDL file
> - an XML representation of the Reports layout; this is typically
> 'deployed' to live inside of the ReportServer database.
> b) what are some of the competitive advantages to using SSRS over
> crystal?
> - price / cost
> - integrated development environment (IDE)
> - easy to deploy
> c) what is the difference between the 'ReportServer' websites and the
> 'ReportManager' website.
> - reportServer Provides services for execution and distribution of
> reports - includes web services, metadata; etc
> - report manager is a Web-based administration tool for managing
> the Report Server
> d) what tools can you use to build reports?
> 2000
> - visual studio
> - notepad
> 2005
> - business intelligence development studio
> - visual studio
> - report builder - geared towards non-technical / end users
> - notepad
> e) where can you store reporting services reports
> - RDL file
> - SSRS Server
> - embed within a Windows Forms application
> f) how do you move a RDL file to the SSRS Server?
> - right-click 'deploy' in solution explorer
> g) how can you test a RDL file without deploying it to a server
> - right-click 'build'
> or
> - hit the 'preview' tab towards the top left
> h) what languages can you use for scripting within SSRS?
> - VB.net; C#
> i) what is an expression
> - a simple way to add logic to your report. Make this section
> visible if today is Tuesday for example.