tests

[Camille Krug <camillek -at- FUTURE -dot- DSC -dot- DALSYS -dot- COM>]

I agree with Roger, Lisa et al that anyone worth their salt won't be
offended by having to take a test: it's just good business.  It is truly an
objective means of gauging skills at various levels.

When you think of how often many of us pull rabbits out of a hat on a daily
basis, taking a 20-minute timed test is a piece of cake.  As far as the dtp
or word processing packages: most are intuitive these days (insert a frame,
create a style, add a footer, etc.).  BTW, I hate tests.  But in this
case, they definitely serve a purpose.

Camille
camillek -at- dalsys -dot- com
stet -at- connect -dot- net
www.connect.net/stet/


On Mon, 9 Dec 1996, Lisa Higgins wrote:


> I know some people hate this, and I don't mean to start a flamewar,
> but a well-designed writing test can really go a long way toward
> determining ability. Have your candidates rework a poorly worded and
> designed technical document (no more than a page long), have them
> describe, in writing, how they approach a new writing project, or
> something else that can help them show you all of their abilities (of
> course, have them do this in the DTP or WP of your choice, so that
> they can do a little design and formatting).

> Lisa Higgins
> lisa -at- drddo1 -dot- lucent -dot- com