# RoR skills assessment - anybody know these guys?

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**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-skills-assessment-anybody-know-these-guys/148712 "2008-09-16T14:33:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 2:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-skills-assessment-anybody-know-these-guys/148712/1 "2008-09-16T14:33:56Z")

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I’ve been approached about a RoR position and asked to take a skills  
assessment at

[https://quizzes.sporkapps.com/search?string=evaluation](https://quizzes.sporkapps.com/search?string=evaluation)

The site throws mismatched credentials alerts, the Terms and Conditions  
link doesn’t display any Terms and Conditions, and Google doesn’t find  
anything about the owner of the cert that’s newer than 2006.

Anybody know anything about these folks? Like who are they / do they  
have any cred to conduct an assessment of anybody’s RoR skills?

Best regards,  
Bill

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 6:06pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-skills-assessment-anybody-know-these-guys/148712/2 "2008-09-16T18:06:01Z")

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On Sep 16, 7:33 am, “Bill W.” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> I’ve been approached about a RoR position and asked to take a skills assessment at
> 
> [https://quizzes.sporkapps.com/search?string=evaluation](https://quizzes.sporkapps.com/search?string=evaluation)
> 
> The site throws mismatched credentials alerts, the Terms and Conditions link doesn’t display any Terms and Conditions, and Google doesn’t find anything about the owner of the cert that’s newer than 2006.
> 
> Anybody know anything about these folks? Like who are they / do they have any cred to conduct an assessment of anybody’s RoR skills?
> 
> Best regards,  
> Bill

Never heard of them myself.

I’d be wary of anyone wanting you to use that site when they obviously  
haven’t even tried it themselves first.

Jeff

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**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ror-skills-assessment-anybody-know-these-guys/148712/3 "2008-09-16T19:34:21Z")

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Hi Jeff,

Jeff wrote:

> Never heard of them myself.

Thanks for the reply.

> I’d be wary of anyone wanting you to use that site  
> when they obviously haven’t even tried it themselves  
> first.

Wary, I am. When I pinged the recruiter about it he said:

Unfortunately, there are not a whole lot of people who offer RoR skill  
assessments, but we have double checked the site and checked with [the  
company they’re recruiting for], and they are confident in this vendor.  
I  
hope that alleviates your concerns.

Yeah, right 😉 Somebody I don’t know vouches for somebody I don’t know  
who’s going to ‘assess’ my skills in a toolset I don’t know that they  
know a  
damn thing about. Very likely. Right.

Best regards,  
Bill