Re: Techwriter Aptitude Test (A Daydream)

[Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM>]

Egad, I hope not! I'm one of those people who likes to figure things out
on my own ;-) I get more out of reading instructions *after* I've taken
a shot at doing what ever it is I'm trying to do.

A.

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Alexia Prendergast
Tech Pubs Manager
Seagate Software (Durham, NC, USA)
mailto:alexiap -at- seagatesoftware -dot- com

> -----Original Message-----
> Here's the scenario:
>
> You're looking for a technical writer. You've invited ten people for
> an
> interview. You sit them down in a room and hand each of them a
> shrinkwrapped box with a little digital alarm clock or some such
> appliance. Everybody tears open the package. Nine people take out the
> clock, start randomly poking at buttons look for the battery
> compartment, after a while they get the thing to display the time, a
> few
> people get it to display the correct time.
>
> One guy first takes out the instruction leaflet and reads it. After a
> while he's able to set the time correctly, adjust for time zones, set
> the alarm and switch between 12 and 24 hour display. Congratulations.
> You've found your technical writer.
>


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