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Subject:Re: Interviewing & Testing/Final Word From:stark vision <stark_vision -at- HOTBOT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 11 Mar 1999 23:20:19 -0000
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If my cover letter, resume, and writing samples don?t cut it. Then don?t bring me in for an interview and spring a test me. It?s a waste my time and yours.
For those out there that said they did not give a test and regretted it, didn?t you have a probationary period? I don?t know about you, but 2 weeks is more than enough to judge the person you hired. And I would also bet that the test made no difference at all when you landed yourself a less than adequate employee.
You don?t need a test to confirm your initial instincts!
