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When I was a contractor, I registered with most of the temp agencies in my area. There was only one that administered tests--presumably it was to have the same base for everyone's evaluation. This agency was known, at the time, to offer the lowest rates for contractors, and charged the highest markup of all TW agencies in the area. (A fact I found out only much later.) According to people I spoke to who took their tests, the experience was all the same: no one who was looking for a position more advanced than assistant copyeditor/proofreader was ever called back.
If it's the client company requesting the timed test, then I'd be suspicious why they asked the recruiter to administer it. If it's the recruiter administering the test to everyone, then they could just be extremely conservative.
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Michele wrote: "Hi. Has anyone run into timed tests from recruiters before
the client
company will even look at your resume? I've never taken a test like this
and it makes me nervous, especially because it's timed, which means to
me that the company has some bizarro requirement that they won't tell
you about."
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