RE: job testing

["Popeil, Russ" <Russ.Popeil@xxxxxxxxx>]

Don
 
The RPG certification is not mostly RPGIV,  but there are some questions.
The test was designed at a time when most shops were still using RPG400 and
it was designed so that those people could pass. 

Russ Popeil - IBM Certified Specialist RPG Programmer 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Don [SMTP:dr2@access.digex.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 1998 9:05 AM
> Cc:   MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: job testing
> 
> 
> 
> I don't know of any per se industry accepted tests.  I know of a couple of
> companies that are using a test that they wrote...which do a decent job of
> weeding out the termites and bottom feeders down on the food chain...
> 
> There are a coupld of "certifications" floating around but the only ones
> I've seen so far regarding RPG require a substancial knowledge of the
> newer ILE languages, which 98% (SWAG number) of all shops are NOT
> using...so it's not a fair indicator as to how good the person may or may
> not be....
> 
> Don in DC metro
> 
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