Date:         Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:06:09 -0500
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From:         Jules Bosch <jbosch1@OPTONLINE.NET>
Subject:      Re: SAS Certification
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This was my solution.  Toby’s solution is even more sophisticated.

 

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From: Rushi Patel [mailto:rushi_patel@freddiemac.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 10:19 PM
To: Jules Bosch
Cc: SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: SAS Certification

 


data temp ; 
 do i = 1 to 100 ; 
  if mod(i,2) ne 0 then sumodd = sum(sumodd,i) ; 
 end ; 
 put sumodd ; 
  run ; 


38   data temp ; 
39    do i = 1 to 100 ; 
40     if mod(i,2) ne 0 then sumodd = sum(sumodd,i) ; 
41    end ; 
42    put sumodd ; 
43     run ; 

2500 








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Well done, Guido, yes, the SAS date value for Jan 01, 1960 is ‘0’



Now, here is a simple question I asked in the interviews: Can you write a
SAS program that will calculate the sum of all odd numbers between 0 and
100?  It takes a little thought at first, then, the pieces should quickly
fall into place.



Jules



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From: Guido Sagasti [mailto:guidosagasti@yahoo.com.ar] 
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:03 AM
To: Jules Bosch
Subject: Re: SAS Certification



Jules:



I'm Guido from Argentina. I've been using SAS for 8 years, and I think that
the best way of learning SAS is using it. SAS is very big to know all SAS
programming tips, solutions, etc.
I went to an interview a year ago for Schering and they sent me a mail with
exercices and I completed it ok. It wasn't easy. I've never seen a lot of
things I had to do to pass it. But if you want quality you need people
capable to research, find solutions (with manuals, sas online doc, sasL,
etc.)

I didn't pass the last step of the interviews of schering (the manager
selected other person), but he recommended me to SAS Argentina, the place
where I''m working as consultant.

About SAS Certification... can be a way of learn a lot of programming
things, but it's not only the way to know SAS and If you give the exam and
not practice later you are going to forget all. This year I made my first
oficial sas programming course and I realised that I knew more than I
think...



Sorry about my english (in Argentina we speak spanish)

Guido.

PD: SAS date Jan 01, 1960 = 0. :)


Jules Bosch <jbosch1@OPTONLINE.NET> escribió:

A few years ago on a consulting assignment with a pharmaceutical firm, I was
asked to interview prospective SAS programmers. Over a three or four week
period, I interviewed maybe ten candidates. Most of the questions I used in
my scripted interview document came from the SAS-L archives.



What surprised me was that most of the candidates could not answer some of
the most fundamental SAS questions. For example, the numeric value of the
SAS date Jan 01, 1960. Nor could anyone of the interviewees, for example,
describe the _N_ automatic data step variable.



What surprised me even more was the fact that most of the candidates were
SAS V8 certified.



 

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