[colug-432] the /etc test

[Angelo McComis]

> On Aug 29, 2014, at 9:02 AM, William Yang <wyang at gcfn.net> wrote:
> 
> I'm not a big fan of tests that are intended for the applicant to fail

It's not designed to make the applicant fail.  It is designed to measure their knowledge. It's simply not a binary pass/fail test. 

It's similar to asking an applicant to ping www.yahoo.com and describe in detail what the system is doing.  Followed by ping localhost and tell me what is different about the process. 

Even if you completely blow it technically, you get the opportunity to hear the candidate reason through and sort their thoughts. 

They may not know networking or unix, but you can tell if their head is screwed on straight or not.