On 2019-09-20 12:52 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 9/20/19 8:16 AM, William Sudbrink via cctalk wrote:
Isn't there also one that's a "help wanted" for programming positions?
I seem to recall that they didn't say anything about professional training
or experience, just things like "do you have a logical, ordered way of
thinking?"
I don't recall, but IBM had a "computer aptitude test" that it
administered to just about anyone involved in sales or the technical
end, regardless of education. I recall taking such a test, though I
turned down IBM's job offer.
--Chuck
Before I was hired as a CE I took a few test for understanding of
digital logic as also mechanics as there was still lots of
electro-mechanical equipment around 40 years ago. Later when I
transferred to a job in a development lab I took a test called the DPAT
which was all aimed at testing logical thinking skills. I was never
told how I scored on any of these tests, but I was hired and I did get
accepted for the training program that lead up to a job in the
development lab.
Paul.
