Since the questions must have clearly correct answers, I'd probably opt to show the candidate a (printed or onscreen) snippet of an actual structured FrameMaker document (including the structure view) and ask him or her closed-ended questions about it, such as "In this section of the document, which elements are siblings of this element [pointing to it]? Does it have any children? What are its ancestors? What are the attributes of this element?" You could show the candidate a few pages of an EDD, plus some invalid structure in a document, and ask the candidate to point out the part of the EDD that explains why that particular bit of the document is invalid; make this even easier for your non-technical panel by highlighting/numbering several portions of the EDD to make this a multiple-choice question. You could also ask the candidate basic questions that are less performance-related, but show familiarity with Structured Frame, such as "What does 'EDD' stand for?"
- Eileen Anderson Manager of Curriculum Editing & Desktop Publishing *T***Mobile* Customer Care Learning & Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________ Hi all, I know that what I'm about to ask is less than ideal on so many levels, but please don't offer me a lecture as I have no control over the circumstances. A past client has been asked to put together of list of questions that a non-technical panel could use to evaluate applicants for a position that involves the creation and maintenance of structured FrameMaker documents. Obviously, they have to have a reasonably quantifiably correct answer for a non-technical panel be have any hope of making an assessment, so does anyone have any suggestions for questions? I'd happily repost what I send him if anything comes of it. This is the approach that they will take, so there's no point in telling me that the panel's not fit to make the decision - I know that already. All I'm trying to do is to make sure that they don't get suckered by someone who's going to try to learn on the job. Any suggestions for questions are welcome. Please mail me directly as well as the list, as I'm on the digest and the answers were really needed yesterday, of course... ;-) Thanks for any assistance, Marcus Carr _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
