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Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees?

Subject: Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees?
From: "Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:37:56 -0500


For the record, nobody except you has been talking about
*timed* writing tests. (I guess this is too low-level a detail
for such a champion of as-top-down-as-possible thinking as
you to be bothered with.)

Most of the discussion has concerned whether it is OK to
give a test without advance notice (notice the mention of
"surprise" in the subject line) and whether the test is
indicative of writing skills or only editing skills.

-Fred Ridder


From: Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Subject: Re: How To Choose A Good TW Was Re: Giving a surprise test to interviewees?
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 14:02:52 -0800 (PST)

David:

Those who excel at analysis and design can easily
handle the details! The old saying "never sweat the
details" is very true.

But, especially in larger tech comm projects, strong
analysis and design people know how important it is to
postpone - postpone, not forget about - consideration
of the detail until the appropriate time.

While pursuing as-top-down-as-possible approach
ensures success on the job, it puts adherents to such
an approach at a disadvantage in timed writing tests
vs. the jump-into-the-details-right-away folks, who
are used to putting the pen to the paper ASAP.

The disadvantage: The top-down folks are faced with
much more of an attitude adjustment for the test. A
top-down person is going to find timed writing tests
irksome.

Tony Markos
Do It With A DFD

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