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Subject:Re: put them to the test! From:MaggiRos <maggiros -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Sun, 20 Mar 2005 00:32:53 -0800 (PST)
Had the same thing hapen a couple of years ago. The guy
went to very bottom of my resume to ask pointed questions
about the oldest thing there--stuff I had had no reason to
think about for 15 years. I dididn'ty gdet the job. I
didn't actually mind.
Maggie
--- Sarah Stegall <siliconwriter -at- comcast -dot- net> wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 17, 2005, at 8:08 AM, Domaschuk, Rob wrote:
>
> > True enough, but accurate content and spotting
> affect/effect in a
> > surprise test are not the same thing. Yes, any writer
> needs to have
> > the basic grasp of the English language (or whatever
> language they are
> > working in) as well as have the ability to proof their
> own work or
> > their peers'. I do question, though, how a SURPRISE
> test achieves
> > this.
> >
>
> A surprise test of grammar, spelling, punctuation, or the
> correct use
> of FrameMaker templates would not throw me. Would that
> that was the
> test I got thrown not long ago. Rather, having at least
> read my resume,
> the interviewer picked a technology I had not worked with
> since 1997
> (ATM networking) and started asking me detailed questions
> about it.
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