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I was rather surprised when several companies I've been interviewing with, asked me to solve a modelling question as a part of the initial written test. The questions were vague and open ended and ranged from designing a restaurant reservation system to designing a library for borrowing and renewing books. The expectation was to create a class diagram using any of your favorite uml tool (I chose Visio and have to admit i hadn't used it in a while) and send it as a part of their online test.

Since this was a part of an online test, I didn't have an opportunity to ask for use cases without which the questions are difficult to answer. Do you find these questions useful in interviewing developers?
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[no name] 8-Feb-13 11:14am    
If it is not important then it would not be asked !!!
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-Feb-13 16:25pm    
Krunal, I'll tell you why. Way to many interviewers are complete idiots, so they can ask anything.
There is nothing wrong with the questions they asked OP though, but it really depends on detail. "Open ended" questions are also can be good. Again, it all depends.
—SA

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Yes they are useful. UML is basic for OOP developers. You have to have a knowledge for how classes are interact, associates, navigate between each other. UML diagram symbols help to clarify these communications.
 
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