I'm delighted to see comments that show some people here actually get this. While my conclusions are based only on my own experience, they have served me well s

I'm delighted to see comments that show some people here actually get this. While my conclusions are based only on my own experience, they have served me well so far. In the dozens of interviews that I've conducted over the years, not once did I need to resort to quizzes that do a fine job of showing how a person can answer a quiz under pressure of an interview but not much beyond that. Most of the important qualities I'm interested in concerning an applicant have very little to do with this sort of ability. A decision based on a chat which reveals more than any professional quiz ever could (if you know how to listen) is usually a better one. Not only do I refuse to ask candidates quizzes, but after getting enough professional experience, I started refusing to answer them when I was looking for new positions. One such case involved two executives that interviewed me for a certain senior R&D position. The interview was going well when at a certain point one of them asked if he could test me on some professional stuff. I politely answered that while I respect their candidate filtering methods, it doesn't fit my MO and that I'll pass on that. Not surprisingly, I later received a negative reply from them. A couple of weeks passed and I was hired for the same position by a much larger company (and with much better compensation) that didn't insist on me standing next to a whiteboard to see if I can pick up on some silly trick. About 3 months later, I received a call from one of the executives in the company from which I received a negative reply. Apparently they hired someone who had managed to pass their interview tests with flying colours, but was terrible at his job and so they asked me whether I would like to work for them (of course, this time with no tests). I said I'll pass on that too. I think the reason for the difficulty in finding the right people for the job stems from a deeper problem of people having lost touch with their inner drive and resorting to external means to understand what is good for them. It starts in grade school and continues on from there. This is not a problem that can (or should) go away quickly, but the more I see people at least being aware of the issue, the more hopeful I am that a more sane process for people fulfilling their potential will eventually replace the existing method.