Peter P wrote:
> In general I think that tests not prepared by someone who knows how to 
> write
> batch tests are useless to the tester and to the candidate. There are a 
> lot of
> interesting and non-intuitive concepts used in recognized tests, for a 
> reason.
> Even so, there is a lot of controversy as to their accurateness. I do not 
> think
> that it is possible to cobble together a test using the opinions of a 
> couple of
> well intentioned professionals and expect it to work. As I wrote before 
> testing
> is about ... testing more than anything else.

We'll have to agree to disagree then. :)

In my experience, tests are not a guarantee that the candidate is going to 
work out (as you point out there are other dimensions that come into play). 
However, they are very useful in weeding out the incompetents.


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