Re: Why don't more job interviews use writing tests?

["Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

Iliana Kostova wrote:
> As a publications manager, I tend to always check new applicants 
> on-site by making them write a procedure that a programmer or a 
> system operator should follow in order to successfully use a specific

> public API or technology. 

If the writer hands in that test without reading the project
requirements and specs, without talking to the developers, without
reviewing the code, without reviewing previous internal communications
about the product, without testing the product hands-on, without
talking to the business SMEs, without researching the customers, the
industry, and target audience - I'd say the writer has failed the test.

Mike O.


		
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