I don't like it when they use it as their filter. They should take the time to read resumes and call the people they want to talk to. <div><br></div><div>I do think it's a great way to decide if someone is the right fight. The ideal is a problem that should take a few hours and they can view your repo and see what you did. </div>
<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Brian Curtin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian.curtin@gmail.com">brian.curtin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 22:04, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:skip@pobox.com" target="_blank">skip@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Where I work (a trading firm), we routinely give tests to prospective<br>
software developers and quantitative analysts. For the most part the aim is<br>
to understand how people approach problems, not whether they necessarily get<br>
the correct answer. (Some of the questions don't have one correct answer<br>
anyway.) In fact, we often consider candidates with no previous financial<br>
industry experience. In those cases if we ask a finance-oriented question<br>
we really and truly are interested in seeing how they approach the problem.<br>
<br>
The host goes over the test with the candidate, again, with an aim to<br>
understand how they think. It's not treated like a 30-minute quiz in your<br>
college calculus class.<br>
<br>
Skip</blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>This type of thing I can get on board with. I didn't get the feeling that Pete's questions are done in this way, but maybe I was wrong. </div></div>
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