I'm currently on the horrible road to job hunting. One company in
particular is having me take "aptitude" tests from this site
proveit.com in order to "prove" I am as proficient on certain
softwares as I have claimed to be. That is totally fine with me.
However, the "Virtual software" Java applet sucks. The user
interface for the tests for the Microsoft office programs is by far
the worst and most hateful shit I have ever touched. You can only
launch it from IE or Netscape. Also when testing it will ONLY except
standard answers. Like clicking the [B] icon for bold to change the
font instead of the shortcut key. When I do try an alternative
method (or the method that isn't considered right by the test's
standards) it interrupts me with a pop up saying "Are you finished
with this question?" and gives me the option to say "repeat question"
which starts me brand new (if I were in a menu or something a few
options in I'd be back at start and have to retrace a multistep
process) or I can say yup I'm done.
I hate you UI Designer. You may seem to think that making these
tests more frustrating to us unemployed non-programmer types is
funny, but I find it sadistic and I hate you and your entire company
and your shitty UI.
--Tia
- I hate you UI Designer at Prove It! Tia Marie
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