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[Brian Dailey]

I guess if you wanted a drone, the test could confirm that you got a drone.

I add my vote to the rest of the group. I've been in the industry for 
nearly a decade and if someone at a job interview had presented me with 
that test I would have balked. (I've been asked to provide code samples 
before, which I find completely acceptable.)

I'm certainly no complainer, either, so I really don't think that has 
anything to do with willingness to take a test like that.

charlie derr wrote:
> tedd wrote:
>> At 11:11 PM -0400 7/20/07, CED wrote:
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>
>> I wouldn't take your test either.
>>
>> Examine my resume, ask for experience and/or even give me a take-home 
>> test, but don't test me on what I know in the interview other than 
>> discussing general concepts.
>>
>> I have a MSc (which included courses in vector calculus) and I had one 
>> employer after reviewing my resume wanted me to take a math fractions 
>> test. I declined and I was history -- what did that test prove or to 
>> whom's benefit did it serve? Few HR get it right.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> tedd
> 
> Perhaps the test did exactly what it was supposed to.  My assumption is 
> that the company which attempted to give you the test wanted not only 
> someone that they could *verify* had certain technical skills, but they 
> also wanted someone who wouldn't be a "social" problem.   By also 
> weeding out the people who refused to take the test, perhaps they 
> thought they'd be getting a certain kind of worker (one less likely to 
> complain about certain tasks).
> 
> I won't try to argue that that's how *I* would hire someone (I'm not 
> that convinced that a test score means much), rather trying to look at 
> the bigger picture.
> 
> 
> 
>     just my .0199999...
> 
>         ~c
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Thanks!
- Brian Dailey
Software Developer
New York, NY
www.dailytechnology.net
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