I wrote an exam today for a job I am trying to get. To make a long story short, I owned it. To keep a long story long:
She drops a huge pile of paper on the table in front of me. 30 pages, double-sided, so 60 pages. Mostly multiple choice. She told me I had 2 hours, but "don't worry, nobody finishes, just do your best".
So she leaves, starting the timer. I look at the first page, "Business". The first question was about some business model. In my head, I'm thinking "oh fuck". So I skip the first section (about 4 pages). The next section is "Windows". FUCK! So I muddle through it, answering stuff the best I can. I probably got about half of them. Then it go to Networking. Easy! Then Security. Easy! Then security management. Somewhat hard. Then Databases. That sucked. Then Linux. Ha! Then programming aptitude, which was a bunch of logic puzzles (there are 15 balls. 8 say A, 9 say B, and 7 say C. They have 1 or 2 letters each. etc.). My first thought was "crap!", but then I started doing them and I think I got them all right. Then came programming. Easy! Then Linux/Unix programming. Easy!
So I was done the exam with a half hour to spare. I grudgingly went back to the Business section and did it. It turns out that it was easy! Which proves my theory: they don't teach you nuffin' in business school. Or something
Then I went back and filled in the answers I didn't know, just to give myself the 1/5 chance of getting them.
So all in all, I kicked its ass. I won't know the results for a week or so, and I'll probably never know the exact results.
There was only one kicker. One of the questions was, "what is the difference between a mandatory access control and a descretionary access control?" That question was on my midterm in my security course, word for word, and I got 0/10 on it. I went back, and read it, and hit myself for totally missing it when it's so easy. Then I was sitting down, doing that exam, and saw the question. My mind was blank. I can't believe I couldn't remember it! I stared at that damn question for 15 minutes! What a bummer!
