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y2k

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04/26/2010 10:25 AM
Hi All Sorry ... this is extremely off topic, hope nobody minds. I've tried googling this but nothing seems to fit our requirements - I'm looking for some software to give potential helpdesk employees (and other technical positions) an assessment of their technical skills. All I really want from the software is: 1. Test multiple candidates (ie a different profile for each one), but not necessarially at the same time 2. NOT be online or require an internet connection... the last thing I want is people googling stuff ! 3. Prefereably be full screen so that candidates can't check certain things in Windows to answer questions 4. Allow us to create our own custom tests and questions 5. Not be too expensive (less than $500) or better still - free !! It doesn't need to be client server or talk to a SQL server or anything. I just want to run assessments for candidates and then get feedback - all from one PC is fine I did download a trial of Candidate Select (www.candidateselect.com) but it asks for a username and password when I launch it and there's nothing on the website to say what the username and password for the trial is ! Anybody have any tips/suggestions on software that you use ? Thanks in advance M

y2k

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04/27/2010 9:26 AM
hmm, strange - I can't find that in the help file I have :o( Even though it's obviously the same file !! It did work though, so thanks very much, really appreciate it. The software is quiet good, but it doesn't allow me to create any custom tests/questions and the questions are a bit basic Anybody else have any other suggestions on software you've used ? Thanks again M On 26 April 2010 14:06, Praveen Thampi <mr.praveeng@gmail.com> wrote: > A caps > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:55 PM, martin <martiniscool@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi All >> >> Sorry ... this is extremely off topic, hope nobody minds. I've tried >> googling this but nothing seems to fit our requirements - I'm looking >> for some software to give potential helpdesk employees (and other >> technical positions) an assessment of their technical skills. All I >> really want from the software is: >> >> 1. Test multiple candidates (ie a different profile for each one), >> but not necessarially at the same time >> 2. NOT be online or require an internet connection... the last thing >> I want is people googling stuff ! >> 3. Prefereably be full screen so that candidates can't check certain >> things in Windows to answer questions >> 4. Allow us to create our own custom tests and questions >> 5. Not be too expensive (less than $500) or better still - free !! >> >> It doesn't need to be client server or talk to a SQL server or >> anything. I just want to run assessments for candidates and then get >> feedback - all from one PC is fine >> >> I did download a trial of Candidate Select (www.candidateselect.com) >> but it asks for a username and password when I launch it and there's >> nothing on the website to say what the username and password for the >> trial is ! >> >> Anybody have any tips/suggestions on software that you use ? >> >> Thanks in advance >> M >> > >

neil.ruston@credit-suisse.com User is Offline

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04/27/2010 9:48 AM
"Fully featured" and "free" are usually mutually exclusive -----Original Message----- From: activedir-owner@mail.activedir.org [mailto:activedir-owner@mail.activedir.org] On Behalf Of martin Sent: 27 April 2010 09:25 To: activedir@mail.activedir.org Subject: Re: [ActiveDir] [OT] Candidate Assessment Software hmm, strange - I can't find that in the help file I have :o( Even though it's obviously the same file !! It did work though, so thanks very much, really appreciate it. The software is quiet good, but it doesn't allow me to create any custom tests/questions and the questions are a bit basic Anybody else have any other suggestions on software you've used ? Thanks again M On 26 April 2010 14:06, Praveen Thampi <mr.praveeng@gmail.com> wrote: > A caps > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 2:55 PM, martin <martiniscool@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi All >> >> Sorry ... this is extremely off topic, hope nobody minds. I've tried >> googling this but nothing seems to fit our requirements - I'm looking >> for some software to give potential helpdesk employees (and other >> technical positions) an assessment of their technical skills. All I >> really want from the software is: >> >> 1. Test multiple candidates (ie a different profile for each one), >> but not necessarially at the same time >> 2. NOT be online or require an internet connection... the last thing >> I want is people googling stuff ! >> 3. Prefereably be full screen so that candidates can't check certain >> things in Windows to answer questions >> 4. Allow us to create our own custom tests and questions >> 5. Not be too expensive (less than $500) or better still - free !! >> >> It doesn't need to be client server or talk to a SQL server or >> anything. I just want to run assessments for candidates and then get >> feedback - all from one PC is fine >> >> I did download a trial of Candidate Select (www.candidateselect.com) >> but it asks for a username and password when I launch it and there's >> nothing on the website to say what the username and password for the >> trial is ! >> >> Anybody have any tips/suggestions on software that you use ? >> >> Thanks in advance >> M >> > > =============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ===============================================================================

y2k

Posts:41

04/27/2010 10:50 AM
It doesn't have to be free :o) That's just an ideal scenario !!! What I meant by free was any sort of generic GNU stuff that could be used (eg a student assessment system that I could plug my own questions into). If that makes any sense ? Thanks M

pgt

Posts:28

04/27/2010 11:18 AM
try this www.visualcertexam.com not sure of the features though. On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:18 PM, martin <martiniscool@gmail.com> wrote: > It doesn't have to be free :o) That's just an ideal scenario !!! > What I meant by free was any sort of generic GNU stuff that could be > used (eg a student assessment system that I could plug my own > questions into). If that makes any sense ? > > Thanks > M > >

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