RE: Technical Writer tests (again)

["Dori Green" <dgreen -at- associatedbrands -dot- com>]

Sarah Bouchier made several great points and also wrote:

It's what the 'test' /doesn't/ test that stands out for me.  Where's the
information structuring?

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THAT'S what was bothering me -- something was obviously missing but I couldn't nail it to the floor.  Thank you, Sarah!

I think I'll put together some of my old Journalism 101 exercises (you bet I saved that book) for mechanics and include a big set of "Organize these lists/paragraphs/topics into meaningful order."

That should let me narrow the field, at least for an intern.

Next hurdle -- finding somebody who actually shows up every day.  But that's another whole topic and not specific to TW.

Dori Green
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