Send-a-Test Launched

I've just launched http://www.send-a-test.com/. This is a site that should make sending out pre-interview tests much easier. It takes care of getting the test to the candidate, timing them whilst they do it and then storing their answers when they are done.

As with most things I did this to scratch an itch.

Recently I was being recruited - which means that your CV goes onto lots of websites and you get lots of calls. Often once the recruiter has checked that you are right for the job they'll want to send you a test to check that you know what you're doing.

This is where the pain would start. Their problem is that they want to time how long it takes for you to do the test, understandably. To do this they email it to you, you start work straight away, do the test and email back the answers. Compare the times on the two emails and you have how long it took to do the test.

This is great, as long as you can start your test during the recruiter's office hours, which if you already have a job you almost certainly can't. It also wastes time with all the arranging of times, and follow up calls to check that you've received the test by email etc.

The solution was simple - create a website that the recruiter saves the test on. When they want someone to do the test they tell the site and it sends an email to the candidate with a link in. The candidate follows the link and gets all the instructions they need for the test, and when they are ready they download the test file to start. When done they upload the answers and the timer stops.

And that is exactly what http://www.send-a-test.com/ does - enjoy!