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Subject:Re: What Might a Writing Test Be? From:Wayne Douglass <wayned -at- VERITY -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 27 Mar 1998 09:48:07 -0800
At 08:08 AM 3/27/98 EST, Chris wrote:
>Excuse me, but a company that expects me to spend 5-6 hours on a writing
>test as part of the interview process loses my vote. If they can't judge my
>writing ability by looking at my samples and asking me about them (plus
>interviewing my references), I'm not sure I want to work for them.
>
Quite right, Chris. Here in Silicon Valley, where the market is very
competitive, nonsense like this will eliminate anyone who has any talent at all.
--Wayne
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