[thelist] Good "tests" for prospective employees?

Burhan Khalid thelist at meidomus.com
Sun Jul 3 05:22:43 CDT 2005


Ken Moore wrote:
> Hi, all
> 
> Jonathan wrote:
> 
>> I've been keeping tabs on this thread too.  Personally, I don't care 
>> how someone programs and gets work done.  I care about results.  Do 
>> you want to use Google?  Cool.  Did you memorize the entire contents 
>> of php.net?  Very cool.  I sometimes fall apart on tests, so perhaps 
>> that's the basis of my opinion.
> 
> And
> 
>> I wouldn't want to spend 10 minutes in an office with someone who 
>> enjoyed toying with me, let alone work for them.
> 
> And
> 
>> Ed's point:
>> > When I'm hiring, I'm less interested in how clever an applicant is 
>> than how effectively s/he will get the job done.
>>
>> This is perhaps the best line in this thread.  Here, here Ed!
>>
> 
> I agree completely. Why all of the silly games? Is the goal to find 
> someonhttp://by104fd.bay104.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?type=r&curmbox=00000000%2d0000%2d0000%2d0000%2d000000000005&a=c9db0f897b14242d0742c36b83bb833d&msg=F0EEF0C1-5506-4B82-A88F-1C238CD83432&start=0&len=7265&curmbox=00000000%2d0000%2d0000%2d0000%2d000000000005&a=c9db0f897b14242d0742c36b83bb833d# 

^ what in the bananas is the URL?


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