Subj : Re: Aptitude tests "not test well" (was: Software Job Market Myths)
To   : comp.programming,comp.software-eng
From : rem642b
Date : Sat Aug 20 2005 03:45 am

> From: blm...@myrealbox.com
> If the test is given over the Web, I can't think of any way for the
> tester to have any confidence that the answers being given are coming
> from the person being tested himself/herself.  The scenario you
> describes seems to make it very easy for the person being tested to
> cheat in any number of ways that would be difficult or impossible to
> detect (hiring someone to take the test, asking others for help, etc.).

There's a simple solution to that: If the person claims not be able to
test in-person, then presumably the person can't work in-person either.
So hire the person to work remotely, and pay only for completed work.
If the cheater can find somebody else willing to do $60/hr work but
charge only $40/hr, and the cheater pockets the difference the same as
a contracting agency does, the employer doesn't really care.

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