I'm looking for some programmer _attitude_ tests... IMO, that counts just as much :-)

http://www.techinterview.org/

I'd say attitude is much more important than aptitude. If someone has the right approach you can always teach them the skills they don't have.

And, regardless of the name, most aptitude tests are more successful at figuring out what you know rather than how you think. Even if they do determine the way you approach solving problems (which is quite important in our line of work) the person evaluating them is often unaware of the implications of the results.

Unfortunately in a buyers market they call the shots. If they want you to be called Julie and be able to play the nose flute then you'd better be called Julie and be able to play the nose flute. In Joel Spolsky's "Guerrilla's Guide to Interviewing" he hits the nail on the head. "Is he smart?" and "Will he get thing done?"

But to be fair we did shaft them on the Y2K thing so it's time to get even.

Ho hum!

And how does one figure out if the interviewee is smart?

It is only aptitude which reveals your mental ability to solve some problem & that's why aptitude tests are very important.

It is only aptitude which reveals your mental ability to solve some problem & that's why aptitude tests are very important.

I've found that giving programmers tough problems of a mathematical nature (but not requiring any more math than a 10th grader) is a very good predictor of programming aptitude. I know a lot of people don't like those tests, but they work very well at separating the "men from the boys". Microsoft tends to use many such questions in its interviewing process as do many other high tech companies. I have carefully used these tests to very reliably predict a programmer's performance.

By using aptitute tests,we can find overall knowledge of person from his primary school.

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