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From: paradis@encore.UUCP (Jim Paradis)
Newsgroups: misc.jobs.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: A test of discernment/employment
Message-ID: <1912@encore.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 16:00:28 EDT
Article-I.D.: encore.1912
Posted: Fri Sep  4 16:00:28 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 19:48:12 EDT
References: <957@bc-cis.UUCP> <2515@catuc.UUCP>
Reply-To: paradis@encore.UUCP (Jim Paradis)
Organization: Encore Computer Corp., Marlboro, MA
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In article <2515@catuc.UUCP> doug@catuc.UUCP (doug) writes:
>I remember taking a test like this in fifth grade I believe and to this
>day cannot think of why this test was given. The only thing it did was
>give the teacher a smug look on her face when she realized that she had
>tricked a bunch of kids a third her age. It seemed childish then and it
>seems childish now.

Actually, if faced with such a test in an employment situation, I would
conclude that the potential employer values an employee's ability to jump
through hoops more than anything else... and I'd make a beeline for the
door!

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