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I like to use "uncleftish beholding" as a sort of test for possible future hires. If someone has the will and the patience to decode at least a bit of it, then
by enriquto 6y ago
I like to use "uncleftish beholding" as a sort of test for possible future hires. If someone has the will and the patience to decode at least a bit of it, then we are into something.
- pjc50 6y agoGenuinely unsure if this is a parody of interview techniques or not.
- enriquto 6y agoNot appropriate for an interview, but more a long-term thing to play with interns.
- BitwiseFool 6y agoI shuffle each pile of resumes and throw half in the trash. I don't want to hire unlucky employees.
- whatshisface 6y agoI thought it was easy to read...
- stevula 6y agoThis sounds like a fantastic way to filter out non-native English speakers. Also anyone lacking exposure to archaic English, since "cleft" is rarely used outside of constructions like "cleft chin/palate". "cleave" is of course alive and well but not everyone realizes "cleft" is a past participle of "cleave". "cleaved" is much more common as a verb where I'm from and "cleave" is not a very common verb to begin with.
- enriquto 6y agoSo far the only person who was not amused by that test has been the English teacher! I think that the test is actually better for people who do not recognize any of the non-latin roots. That way, they have to deduce everything from the context, which is indeed possible.
- woah 6y agoI will be helpful for German candidates, since most of the words used come from German