A new Type of Exam
Here’s my idea for a new type of exam …
- You don’t tell the candidate the date or place of the exam, just put a note on the door
- You don’t show the candidate the questions at all, not even the subject matter … you just show them a range of previous questions that might, or might not, be similar to what you want
- The candidate gets a blank piece of paper, writes on it what they think you want and hands it in
- Some weeks later you send the candidate a note saying that you’ve marked their paper but you don’t tell them if they’ve passed or failed
- The candidate then applies for jobs and tries to work out, based on their success rate, whether they passed the exam or not
Sound ok?
It’s based on the way G**gle works when it decides that one of your websites should be banned … they wont tell you you’ve been banned, they wont tell you why you’re banned and if you ask for a re-assesment they will only tell you when they’ve done it, not whether you passed or not … its all about not giving away information that would let someone work out how to cheat the system … which doesn’t help if you just accidentally fall foul …
Question is, can a naughty competitor create a link farm that will cause someone elses site to fall foul without them knowing? I wonder (NO, I am NOT going to try!)
Ho hum … just part of life’s rich tapestry