[thelist] Good "tests" for prospective employees?

[Matt Warden]

On 6/30/05, Matt Warden <mwarden at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/30/05, Samantha McGuin <Samantha.McGuin at stamats.com> wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone had potential low-end developers (html/css/light db and
> > scripting) complete any kind of qualifying "test" as part of the hiring
> > process?  I've got people interviewing for a production position next
> > week, and wondered if anyone had done this.  I'd like to test their css
> > skills, and just make sure they have experience working with site on a
> > real-world (rather than a textbook) basis.
> 
> I'm doing this right now, although it's more on the heavy-programming
> side of things. However, I am being well-compensated for the work put
> into the 'test'. I would probably not have agreed to it if it did not
> involve such compensation, just based on a cost and expected benefit
> analysis. Hope this helps.

>From the other replies, it seems you meant 'test' much more literally
than I thought. What happened in my situation is that I was given a
small project (which they needed done, but I would suppose was not
critical) and a short timeline.

-- 
Matt Warden
Miami University
Oxford, OH, USA
http://mattwarden.com


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