Linux Certification

[Leo Mauler]

--- Jack <quiet_celt at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Leo Mauler wrote:
> > Don't know much about this being a good way to
> > find out about prospective employees.  Some of 
> > us are very good at bluffing: about four years 
> > ago I had never touched Microsoft Excel, and 
> > yet I scored 88% on the test for it for some 
> > temp agency.
> 
> If you scored 88% on a programming test, I 
> certainly wouldn't hire you. That would mean that 
> someone would have to fix more than 10% of your 
> code. Not an exciting prospect. 

I only mentioned it because at the time, I actually
scored higher than most of their applicants (who may
well have been bluffing, poorly, as well).

Naturally a hands-on programming test would be much
more difficult.  


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