Chapter 3 Written Exam Skills
What exactly does a written test mean?
Written test is the first step for employers to screen candidates before the interview . Through the written test, the employer can see a lot of information, such as professional skills, logical thinking, mathematical skills, writing organization and character characteristics. We must take the written test seriously .
Using the written test questions, HR can also greatly reduce the interview pressure . During the peak recruitment season, the company may come to hundreds of job seekers every day. If everyone has a 10 -minute interview, it will take more than ten hours to pass the interview without eating or drinking. required talents, thereby improving work efficiency. The general written test pass rate is about 30~ 50% , which means that at least half of the time can be saved.
Why is the written test so hard for big companies?
Large companies have good benefits , and applicants are flocking to them , and the interviewer has limited time , so the interviewer will deliberately increase the difficulty of the written test and select the best quality personnel to enter the interview process .
The opposite is true for small companies , especially small start-up companies . After sending out recruitment information , job seekers are not interested , and several candidates come in a day . The written test may not be as efficient as the direct interview.
This time, you understand , the written test questions are often used by the company as a "regulating valve", which is essentially used to reduce the time cost of the interviewer. Therefore, your written test questions may not pass well if you answer them. You may or may not be PASS , whether you have an interview opportunity or not depends on whether the interviewer is busy or not. Of course, you handed in a blank paper when I didn't say, hehe.
In the written test there is heaven and earth
Taking the Java written test as an example , there are various types of questions, and each type of question has many questions, which reflects the focus of the interviewer.
- multiple choice
Technical multiple-choice questions, especially multiple-choice questions, are the favorite of large companies in written tests. The biggest advantage of this type of objective questions is that they do not require technicians to judge the questions. After answering, the lady at the front desk can judge the paper. Go, simple and rude. If the whole test paper is multiple choice, you have to be mentally prepared, this company is really busy.
- True or false questions , fill-in- the-blank questions
Don't worry, this simplest thing is rarely seen in the written test, and the written test is not the final exam.
- Fill in the blanks , result questions
The question itself is a piece of code, which requires you to write the running result of the code or fill in the missing code according to the result. This kind of question tests the basic skills and knowledge details of programming. This kind of question is "the devil is in the details". If you think it is correct, it may be Fall into their trap and think more before writing.
- technical quiz
This kind of quiz questions generally have clear results, such as "please write at least 5 JSP built - in objects", such questions test your memory.
- open-ended questions
There is usually no accurate answer in this class, for example: "Please explain the realization idea of high concurrency". These types of questions test the breadth of your knowledge. Usually open-ended questions ask what the interviewer cares about. It is very likely that they will be asked again during the interview. Therefore, please take the time to do your homework in the gap between the written test and the interview. Or make an appointment with Qi Laoshi.
- Interview Questions and Answers
A few test papers like to be handwritten by you, such as "please write down your strengths and weaknesses" and other questions that will only be encountered during the interview. For such questions, I can only send them to the interviewer "dry (ma), (de) drift (zhi)" ) bright (zhang)”.
- English translation questions
Send the proposition, the translation question is a flaw of everyone present, the interviewer will randomly select a paragraph from the English material for you to translate, you can only rely on yourself. Believe me, many interviewers may not be able to translate accurately when they ask questions.
- Math Olympiad questions , logical thinking questions
This kind of question examines logical thinking and mathematical skills. It is definitely not a problem for you who just graduated, but for an "empty-nest old man" like Qi Laoshi...Alas, it's all tears. Students must pay special attention to this kind of question, and must verify it repeatedly to ensure that it is correct. The score for this question is very high.
- Which part of the knowledge is usually more focused on in the Java written test?
I'm going to interview a Java engineer tomorrow . I want to focus on reviewing . Which part of the content should I watch ?
In the process of the written test, the basic knowledge of the candidates is also examined. First, this can best reflect the basic skills of the candidates. Second, application frameworks such as SSM can be asked in the interview process, and there is no need to occupy the space for the written test questions.
How much is the written test score?
Once you took the written test, but you couldn't answer many questions. You thought that this time was really finished. After answering the questions, you were going to leave directly, but you unexpectedly received a notice to enter the interview. What motivates the interviewer to make a choice when a good candidate is notified that he does not pass? In this section, I will take you to reveal the mystery.
The written test is only one part of the interview. In addition to the score on the paper, whether your professional skills are appropriate, whether you have rich project experience, and whether the handwriting is neat or not will affect the interviewer's judgment. At present , large companies only issue multiple-choice questions and let the front desk score to decide whether or not to interview is less and less , because that will miss a lot of excellent talents . For example , you have been using jQuery to develop the financial system in your previous work, but the written test questions are all about vue.js knowledge. As a result, the written test results are very poor , and the project experience in the financial system cannot be reflected in the written test . If you only look at the written test results Then the financial software development department will miss an experienced R&D engineer in the industry. In this case, the interviewer will combine your project and the written test scores into consideration.
Does the performance of the written test have any effect on the interview? Of course there are, but they should be treated differently. In the past, I was in management in a domestic company. When recruiting, the company set the recruitment standards:
- Less than 2 years of work experience , no project experience in the same industry , the previous project development framework basically matches the current project , and the written test is 45 points to enter the interview. Focus on the inspection of professional skills, and consider the low-paying employment of professional skills or candidates with excellent academic qualifications to enter non-core R&D positions for promotion.
- Work for less than 2 years , no experience in the same industry project, professional skills do not match, development framework does not match the current project, 60 points for interview, consider low-paying admission for comprehensive quality or excellent academic qualifications to enter non-core R&D positions for promotion.
- 2~5 years of work experience , no project experience in the same industry , professional skills are basically matched, 30 points in the written test to enter the interview, focusing on inquiring about professional skills and various details of the project, such as low scores or poor professional skills directly eliminated, excellent skills and comprehensive quality Can be hired into core R&D positions with high salaries.
- 2~5 years of work experience , no project experience in the same industry , professional skills do not match, 50 points to enter the interview, low salary to hire excellent candidates with comprehensive quality, follow the core research and development to improve and exercise.
- More than 5 years of work experience , no project experience in the same industry , directly enter the interview , focus on professional skills and development potential, previous projects have management, structure, and experience in major and difficult key problems. High-paying hires, enter the core R&D positions, and train in the direction of technical elites, so People without a clear career plan and outdated skills will not be considered for employment.
- If you have project experience in the same industry, you can directly enter the interview and focus on the degree of project matching , such as direct admission with high matching, high-paying employment for those with excellent conditions , and training in the direction of product and management in the future .
- The professional skills are extremely matched , and directly enter the interview to examine the person's skills, specialization and career development . Those with excellent conditions will be hired with high salaries , and will be trained in the future of architecture and new technology research and development .
- To sum up , the priority of the interviewer's inspection is :
Project Experience > Professional Skills > Comprehensive Quality > Academic
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