Graduate PHP Developer


If you are interested in applying for the post of Graduate PHP Developer, fill in this online application form and upload a copy of your current curriculum vitae
Answer all questions listed below, and then click on the 'Proceed' button at the bottom of the page.
All information that you provide will be treated in the strictest confidence.

Personal Details

Name:
Email:
Address:
Town/City:
County:
Telephone Number:
Mobile Number:
Please could you answer the following questions to allow us to consider your application in more detail. If the questions are already answered in your CV, it would be helpful if you could answer briefly below as well:
Do you smoke?
What is your current annual salary?
if applicable
(This information will be treated in the strictest confidence)
What annual salary would you expect to receive at Athernet?
What is your reason for seeking new employment?
if applicable
What are your mid/long term career objectives/ambitions?
Do you have any example website projects or code that we could take a look at?
What is the best time to contact you by phone?
Do you have a driving licence?
If yes, do you have a car?

Education & Qualifications

Please list your qualifications - latest first with grades, establishment and dates.

Employment History

Please list all jobs for the past three years or since leaving education if fewer than three years ago. Your previous employment history, if applicable, should be in your CV.

Personal Statement

Why are you keen to work for Athernet Web Solutions as a PHP developer?

Upload CV

Please attach an upto date CV:

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Key skills

Please could you indicate your level of expertise in the following technologies from 1 to 10, 1 being the little/no knowledge, 10 being expert.
PHP:
Object orientated coding:
XHTML hand coding using stylesheet layout method:
CSS hand coding:
W3C Validation of XHTML/CSS:
Smarty template system:
Codeigniter:
MySQL:
Database design skills:
PPC management:
SEO campaign management:
Flash:
Graphic design skills:
Conversion of PSD files to HTML/CSS:
To judge your suitability for the position we have a number of questions based on work place scenarios. Assume that the team consists of a Technical Director, PHP Developers, Graphic Designers and a Digital Marketing Manager.
1. You have a deadline the following day and you need a selection of icons. The graphic designers are all busy on other projects. Would you:
A - insist that one of the designers does the work.
B. - do the work yourself.
C - discuss the situation with the Director.
D - wait until a designer is free.

2. A graphic design needs a significant change using Photoshop. The graphic designers are all busy on other projects. Your deadline is two weeks away. Would you:
A - insist that a designer makes the change immediately?
B - do the change yourself?
C - discuss the situation with the Technical Director.
D - schedule the work with the designers

3. You are having trouble getting a template to work in Internet Explorer version 6. You have spent one hour trying to solve the problem but without success. Would you:
A - ask for help from another developer?
B - continue trying to solve the problem yourself?
C - speak to the Director about the problem?
D – leave the template as it is?

4. You have a deadline in two days but work that you expect to last three days. Would you:
A - explain the situation to the Director?
B - ask another developer for help directly?
C - work extra hours to meet the deadline?
D - work as normal and deliver the project one day late?

5. A customer emails with a change to the specification you are working to that would mean two days of extra work on a ten day project. Would you:
A - email the customer and explain there will be an extra cost?
B - discuss the situation with your director?
C - do the extra work?
D - email the customer and say the work is outside the scope of the specification?

6. A fellow developer asks for some help with a project that will take you about two hours. The project is over budget and the developer asks you not to allocate the hours to the project. Would you:
A - check with the Director?
B - do the work and allocate the time to the correct project?
C - do the work and allocate the time to training?
D - refuse to do the work?

7. A client has asked you to install Google E-Commerce tracking code on a site you have developed for them. You are struggling to make it work after 30 minutes. Would you:
A- Search on Google for solutions?
B- Ask another developer for help?
C- Ask the Technical Director for help?
D- Ask the Digital Marketing Manager for help?

8. A client who usually speaks to another developer rings to say their phones have gone down and they need another number putting on their website. It is just after you should have finished work and everyone else has left. Would you:
A- Ring the Technical Director?
B- Try to do the change yourself?
C- Ring the other developer?
D- Leave a message on the desk of the other developer?
Please answer all of the questions. Then press the 'proceed' button to submit your application.