Re: Testing job applicants

[genew@shuswap.net (Gene Wirchenko)]

Brian Inglis <Brian.dot.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca> wrote:

>On Fri, 01 Oct 1999 05:01:38 GMT, genew@shuswap.net (Gene
>Wirchenko) wrote:
>
>>Adam Anderson <aanderso@mail.newcastle.edu.au> wrote:
>>
>>>What if you so good at cheating that you can successfully do it in the real
>>>world as well as in exams to the extent that your success rate is higher
>>>than it would be if you had relied on actually learning the information.
>>>Learning and cheating are both means. Its the result that will ALWAYS
>>>count.
>>
>>     The end justifies the means?
>>
>>     Get caught and your career could end.  That's not a good result.
>
>Haven't you noticed that cheats are often also very good liars?  
>They are often the people who take all the credit for their
>staff's good work and place all the blame on and badmouth their
>own staff if there is the slightest problem. 

     Yes, and some are fooled by it.  I take a careful look at people
who claim all the credit where it doesn't seem indicated or who
commonly badmouth others.  For me, they are red flags regardless of
how good the person appears on the surface.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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