For the past two days I was busy recording a one way video for a pre-recruitment test. There were generic questions that were to be answered in one minute. It was my first attempt for this kind of a test and it really checked how proficient I am on thinking and presenting a given topic/situation!
Each question was a scenario where they wanted to know our way of resolution to the problem.
E.g: "If you were to empty Airbus 480 filled with jelly beans, how would you do it?"
The scenario was easily understandable but nothing struck spontaneously as a well-structured and well-thought answer! I obviously had in mind that they were keen to see how: I make assumptions, think of re-usability, use right technology, frame my answer, etc.
Upon completing the test me and Praveen were discussing why we find such testing approaches difficult to appear and it clearly reflected the study pattern that we were bought up in! Never till we graduated were we given case studies to solve. Every question had to be addressed exactly the same way by each student which never nurtured the ability to think logically to solve something. If there was a different approach to the written answer it would either not comply with the taught theory or was made fun of among friends (saying that its too silly!!). Lack of importance to the methodology and confidence that your say can be right, was the main reason I found this test slightly absurd to respond quickly!
I genuinely feel its high time to restructure the approach of judging and marking students in India at graduate level.
Each question was a scenario where they wanted to know our way of resolution to the problem.
E.g: "If you were to empty Airbus 480 filled with jelly beans, how would you do it?"
The scenario was easily understandable but nothing struck spontaneously as a well-structured and well-thought answer! I obviously had in mind that they were keen to see how: I make assumptions, think of re-usability, use right technology, frame my answer, etc.
Upon completing the test me and Praveen were discussing why we find such testing approaches difficult to appear and it clearly reflected the study pattern that we were bought up in! Never till we graduated were we given case studies to solve. Every question had to be addressed exactly the same way by each student which never nurtured the ability to think logically to solve something. If there was a different approach to the written answer it would either not comply with the taught theory or was made fun of among friends (saying that its too silly!!). Lack of importance to the methodology and confidence that your say can be right, was the main reason I found this test slightly absurd to respond quickly!
I genuinely feel its high time to restructure the approach of judging and marking students in India at graduate level.
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