Job interviews are horseshit. I've been on both sides of the table, usually the hiring side. I've encountered people who excel at interview, and turn out to be

Job interviews are horseshit. I've been on both sides of the table, usually the hiring side. I've encountered people who excel at interview, and turn out to be useless. Conversely, I've encountered people who are horrible in interview, and wonderful employees. Giving a presentation isn't a test, it's a pleasure. You're not being tested. You're just presenting facts for someone to make a decision. There's not a right or wrong. If there is, you're in the wrong room. QA is not a test. It consists of tests, sure, but those are for the software, not you. It's a task, and one with a purpose. Memorising a menu is not a test. It's memorising a menu, for a purpose. If you were memorising a chapter of Crime and Punishment verbatim to get a job at Cheesecake Factory, that's a test, and an arbitrary one. Getting a license, in the sense that you're tested, again, is different, as those are vocational tests which test your practical skills for a specific application. Being tested is only part of life if you choose to let other people set your challenges. This is what the educational teaches you to do, and accept as normal.