{"id":150,"date":"2004-06-06T14:20:04","date_gmt":"2004-06-06T19:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=150"},"modified":"2004-06-06T14:20:04","modified_gmt":"2004-06-06T19:20:04","slug":"the-google-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2004\/06\/06\/the-google-test","title":{"rendered":"The Google test&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Its common in many circles to say, hire based on the Google test for instance. But then there are two sides to the coin, &#8216;eh? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhat.com\/archives\/fedora-test-list\/2004-May\/msg02626.html\">Question can be asked<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhat.com\/archives\/fedora-test-list\/2004-May\/msg02627.html\">Google test may be applied<\/a>, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhat.com\/archives\/fedora-test-list\/2004-May\/msg02633.html\">personal attacks<\/a> have an effect on productivity. aoliva says it best: <i>&#8220;Individual and team morales, and respect for co-workers, are also important for productivity.&#8221;<\/i> <\/p>\n<p>No point <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redhat.com\/archives\/fedora-test-list\/2004-May\/msg02629.html\">defending yourself<\/a> to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ad_hominem\">ad hominem<\/a> attacks either. 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