RE: job testing

Russ,

I agree, it's not mostly...but if you're looking at it from a raw score
perspective and if the person taking it works in a shop that's not using
ILE (which is ALOT of them), the raw score number will probably not fully
relect the talents of the testee....  And, I would submit that most
shops still are using the non-ILE  language set for their production and
legacy applications.  Ergo, a skewed view of the candidate.

Don in DC, CDP (and still wondering why I too THAT certification...:)



On Tue, 28 Apr 1998, Popeil, Russ wrote:

> 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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