Frustrating job interviews
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- CAJTBr0
no, i think there are a few advantages for an employer of having someone who's taken an interest in their company.
1) it can mean that they've really applied themselves to the job application process. someone who'll do that is likely to apply themselves within a job.
2) it can mean the person has a genuine interest in the company, and thus will want the company to achieve and will work for that reason rather than just for cash.
3) design is about communicating content in the best way possible to the user, the more you know about the content, the better (though admittedly most jobs now are just production line deals)
4) if someone is unable or unwilling to learn technical things, they can be sent on courses or eventually fired for not doing their job. if someone doesn't learn the 'non-measurable' aspects of the job (ie. random facts about the company), there's nothing they can do.
getting 95% on both tests will be way ahead for the company than someone who gets say 100% on one and 40 on the other, and if they want to weight the non-technical test higher they could have their reasons.
but all of those arguments rely on the job application process being fair, and it very rarely is. the right person hardly ever gets the job, and it's usually for stupid reasons, this is probably no different - just an excuse given because they can't say "we liked the other guy more".