Ok, I just took their test. It does have some questions that would likely be reasonably tough for a novice, but I am unsure what the worth of this test really is. I scored high (4.33), but what does that mean? Does it mean that someone with a score in the 2-3 range isn't a good programmer? Maybe some of the questions they had simply have not been things that come up in their past projects. Not everyone knows about shifting bits, or even map. Or, maybe someone does well on the test by knowing things conceptually, but has never put any of these things into practice.
I have taken similar tests for headhunters and never liked them. I simply don't like tests, but why judge someone on not knowing what a function does at that time, when they could learn in in 5 minutes by reading a man page.

I am not a certified Perl programmer because a website tells me I am, I am certifiably a Perl programmer because of the work I do, and have done.

Wow.. stop me from ranting.. please! :)

Cheers,
KM

UPDATE: On an aside, one of their pages keeps giving me a big fat java error. I wonder if the people working their pass their own tests :)

In reply to Re: Test validity by KM
in thread Test validity by fmogavero

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