Some odds and ends on this test topic, featuring 2 best test scenarios I can recall:
1) I took a test one time at some big hi-floor Tribeca shop and the candidate was plunked down at a live workstation in the middle of the office with staff all around you and you were expected to instantly learn the folder structure and network. You were expected to use the office IDE. And you were given basically a PHP assignment of the type that comes in and you had up to 1.5 hours to do it and save. 2) At another test, the co. initiated every recruitment with a live phone interview in which the company chief tech officer grills you live for 10 - 20 min. on web server maint and PHP coding issues related to their environment. I thought both of these techniques very effective. And more historically when I managed a 24-hr desktop operation, we had a 3-hour hands on test in which you were put at a workstation, thrown a big aggressively marked up document and all the assets you would need for this assignment and you were expected to just do it live using all the graphics applications and print it out correctly. This hardcore testing method weeded out the talkers and turned up winners and revealed in very fine degrees their levels of expertise. So I would actually propone a short but rigorous test (maybe with 2 or 3 levels of difficulty) based on exactly how your office works. Solo mi dos centavos hombres. Pedro Technology Dir. Sun-code Interactive Sun-code.com 646.316.3678 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andre Pitanga Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 9:16 PM To: NYPHP Talk Subject: Re: [nyphp-talk] OT: webmaster test Oh, I posed this as a rhetorical question... Jake McGraw wrote: > For all the debate (preaching) that has taken place, I honestly > couldn't answer your question without a clearer job description, like > what exactly will be the responsibilities of this new hire? >> >> So, do you suggest we just scrap the test instead? >> >> -André _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
