Re: Editing/Writing Test

[Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

Couldn't you just give a candidate a sample passage to edit and a short 
time to edit the passage?

How would you devise an effective test that would show a person could 
really do the job?

I have had interviews years ago that had a basic grammar and spelling 
test that tested basic skills with a short passage or two to edit or 
re-write, depending on what the hiring manager was looking for.  Some 
were very odd while others were sophisticated. One was for me to 
interpret a programming diagram (I don't remember what kind) and to 
explain what an application did after reading the code.  I failed in 
some part but excelled in the explanation.  Based on the design of the 
test, I would not have got the job, but my explanation of how things 
worked sold it for the manager.

I think that using a test would be more work than just asking for a 
demonstration.


On 3/17/2013 12:22 PM, Karen Felker wrote: