RE: The OTHER Test

["Giordano, Connie" <Connie -dot- Giordano -at- FMR -dot- COM>]

I vehemently disagree!  In the information age, it is so easy for some other
entity, known or unknown to you, to make a nightmare of your financial
situation, so as to make a credit history check almost invalid.  Add to that
the abysmal reputation the credit history companies have for making mistakes
and failing to rectify errors, and it's a long road back.  Such problems are
increasingly common as your personal life becomes electronically available
to larger and larger degrees.  It doesn't make you a sociopathic or
psychopathic, and it doesn't even make you a failure in navigating the
various environments you describe. 

Writing tests that attempt to reflect the real world aren't perfect, but
they are a better way of weeding out undesirables from your list of TW
candidates than a bad credit report and no opportunity to provide an
explanation.  Relying on any single item during the qualifying and hiring
process is a sure guarantee that you'll eventually miss the best candidate
or hire the worst.

MTC

Connie Giordano

-----Original Message-----
From: Annamaria Profit [mailto:inteltek -at- erols -dot- com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 4:14 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Cc: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: The OTHER Test


Christi,

Mgmt types would argue that it's a judgement issue.  They want employees
who can successfully navigate the corporation's political, corporate,
ethical, and social environments.  Failures to successsfully navigate
similar outside environments points to a basic character flaw or worse,
a socio- or psychopathic personality.  And the overriding rule for
corporate employees is "fit in".

C