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Subject:Re: A Test to Select Competen... From:Heli Roosild <HeliR -at- MSMAILHQ -dot- NETIMAGE -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 2 Mar 1995 09:05:00 PST
Ron writes:
>I'm sure most companies wouldn't consider having an engineer do a "test"
>design of a toaster before they hire him/her.
I used to work at a software development company where they did, in fact,
ask engineering candidates to evaluate code and/or uncover bugs. And it was
company policy that all writer candidates had to complete a standard writing
exercise (much like the "toaster" one).
As a writer, I too would find it uncomfortable to be required to take a
test. But as a manager--and one who has been burned too often by
self-styled "writers"--I can't help but be very interested in this thread.
--Heli
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