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Subject:RE: How about *good* pre-employment tests? From:"Mary T. Shaw" <smartblonde57 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 21 May 2002 12:41:36 -0700 (PDT)
--- Dan Hall <dhall -at- san-carlos -dot- rms -dot- slb -dot- com> wrote:
>
> My last job (writing for an interface design firm)
> was great, and I really enjoyed their version of a
> writing test - they asked me to provide instructions
> for using a telephone, assuming that it was 1888 and
> they had just been invented.
The only time I was given a writing test, per se, was
for my second job in the field. I had three years of
experience at the time.
The interviewer/hiring manager sat me at a PC and
started up one of the companies software products.
For the test, I had to figure out how to perform a
certain task using the software, and then document the
procedure using pencil and notebook. I thought it was
kinda fun, and I welcomed the opportunity to
demonstrate what I could do.
I also found some bugs in the process, and typos on
the screens, which may have earned me some extra
credit.
At other places, I have been given personality tests
and IQ-type tests. Those were a lot less fun.
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