Very true. I recently took one of those tests and found at least 3 major errors.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I think they need to make those tests illegal. I have yet to see one that > has anything to do with real life CF knowledge. Looks like some idiot > opened up CFWACK and chose random questions > > > Eric Roberts > Owner/Developer > Three Ravens Consulting > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com > http://www.threeravensconsulting.com > tel: > 630-881-1515 > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: RobG [mailto:snarfb...@yahoo.com] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 3:44 PM > To: cf-jobs-talk > Subject: Re: Equator > > > I've interviewed with them twice in the past year. Once around May of last > year, and again in August. Both times face to face in their LA office near > LAX. > > While friendly, the place struct me as VERY corporate. It sounded like they > wanted a very high-end developer that was willing to put in a LOT of hours > (which I was). > > Both times, the hiring got put on hold before a selection was made. > > Then most recently (like, two weeks ago), another opening appeared, and I > re-applied. I explained all of this to the agency, and they came back and > said they checked and Equator said I had been declined, and once declined, > you are NEVER considered again. Ever. This was after having to take their > idiotic "ProveIt" online test that looks like it was written by a monkey. > > So I suppose this is a blessing having read into the responses so far. :) > > Rob > > > > ________________________________ > From: Brian Thornton <br...@cfdeveloper.com> > To: cf-jobs-talk <cf-jobs-talk@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:27 PM > Subject: Re: Equator > > > It is a churn problem... The mortgage business in general has boomed and > they have the established system.. > > That said between LA and Texas the technology has had problems under the > growth and between the "forced code checkins" and overnight code sessions > they overwork and underpay... > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Benjamin Pate <benja...@pate.org> wrote: > >> >> >Anyone on the list work for them or ever worked for them? If so, care to >> >share your opinion/experiences? >> > >> >Thanks, >> >Dan >> >> >> Equator makes workflow software that makes mortgage foreclosures more >> efficient. I was there when it was called "REOTrans". I worked very >> closely with the founders and built the original bid workflow system that >> helped launch the company. Later, I came on full-time as a product > manager >> to help guide future development. >> >> The company has grown tremendously since the foreclosure boom a few years >> ago, so I'm sure it's a very different organization than the one I left. >> But if I had to say something positive, I'd say that working there >> inspired me to start my own company, and never answer to another boss > again. >> >> -- >> Wholly separate from this company, the people, or the environment there -- >> whenever you're looking for a job, make sure you find something that >> matters to YOU, and has PURPOSE for you. When you 99 years old, what do >> you want to look back at, and say that you accomplished. Personally, I >> could not buy in to this company's mission, and I wanted to do something >> more personally meaningful. There are so many ways to make money in this >> world -- make sure to choose something that is inspiring, rewarding, and >> that leaves the mark that you want to leave on this Earth. >> >> >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4560 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
