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"One of your questions is wrong" is an excellent filter. People should be thrilled to get that information. I corrected two questions on a multiple-choice test
by danielweber 13y ago
"One of your questions is wrong" is an excellent filter. People should be thrilled to get that information.
I corrected two questions on a multiple-choice test that a finance firm gave me. They flushed me out after I handed in my personality test, so maybe it was for the best.
- mgkimsal 13y agoYeah, you'd think it would be, but it's also indicative of someone who might be 'too big for their britches', or some other such nonesense. Given how many fakers I've encountered doing crap work for people (not just in software, but any service), I'm sadly inclined to realize that when I say "one of your questions is wrong", I'm very likely to be dismissed.
- SatvikBeri 13y agoI would definitely be thrilled. I wonder if intentionally putting an incorrect assumption in order to see if someone brings it up would be a good indicator. The idea wouldn't be to penalize someone who didn't notice the assumption, but to reward anyone who noticed the mistake and brought it up.
- bediger4000 13y agoIn the early 2003 time frame, I ended up taking a bunch of multiple choice tests about Java, C and C++. Every single one of them had things wrong. As near as I can tell, the auto-capitalization feature of Microsoft Word caused most of these problems. For example 'boolean' and 'Boolean' denote very different types in Java. In one test, they meant 'boolean' but had 'Boolean' written out.