Evaluating Candidates Using Tests, Logic Questions, and Similar

[James Barrow]

>>... Anyway, back to my point. If you were faced with a 
>>deadline, and the people that had the information you 
>>need were unavailable, how would you handle that? You 
>>could:
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> b.  Go to your boss and complain.
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>None of the above.
>
>Good lord, hasn't *everyone* on this list been in that situation? You go
>to your boss (unless you're the boss -- see below), and you lay out the
>situation. *Don't* complain, just lay out the facts as you know them.
>Your goal is not to assign blame, but rather to find the best solution
>possible under the circumstances.
>
>Most solutions involve at least one of these:
>a. Setting a new deadline
>b. Redefining the required information
>c. Contacting "unavailable" people
>
>These are business decisions. That's why there's a boss. If it's you, it
>wouldn't be a bad idea to find a Wise Employee to consult with before
>making your decision.

ARRRGH!  I swear, you people on this list are so picayune...oh wait...that
might be a good thing for a tech writer.  Still, I stand by my original
statement:  ARRRGH!

Fine, Dan, we'll play this reindeer game your way.  You're fictitious
workplace described above is a dream world.  No where in the history of the
cubicle farm has work ever been conducted in this manner:

Tech writer:  "Current deadline shall not be met"
Project manager:  "Initializing new deadline"
Tech writer:  "New deadline uploaded"
Project manager:  "Intruder alert"

Also, I never said anything about placing blame.  If "finding the best
solution possible under the circumstances" makes you happy, then we'll use
that.

THE POINT WAS...there are a variety of responses that an employee can
display in the workplace.  A hiring
manager/interviewer/recruiter...whatEVER...simply wants to find out if your
response fits in with his/her work environment.