RE: Midrange Knowledge test

I've seen third-party RPG tests in the past, used at two different
companies.  One was a static document, so it was possible for someone to
have seen it already if an employee or previous applicant smuggled it out or
took notes.  The other was a licensed service that generated a new test each
time online based on a larger database of questions.  I had recommended that
we modify the static document because 30% of the questions were about string
manipulation.

I was hired at my first job based on a logic test.  One company I've worked
with uses a more sophisticated logic test.  The theory is that even if you
test well on the nuts and bolts of the language you can still write crappy
code.

-Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Joubert, Robert [mailto:RJoubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:48 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Midrange Knowledge test


A few years ago (and a few companies ago), someone come in with what they
claimed was three years experience.  It turned out that they had just
graduated from "night collage" and the "college" owner and his wife posed as
this person's references from previous companies.  This person couldn't
manage to do a change to a report program which was using an external print
file.  

That's why I like the idea of a tech test - if management like the person
and said person is a "Klutz", I like some sort of backup to say why that
person shouldn't be hired.....

-----Original Message-----
From: rob@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxx]

We had a guy who interviewed well, and I was never privy to 
the "head" test results of him or the iq test results.  However he 
couldn't write a program more tricky that what Query/400 could do.