Sunday, June 24, 2007

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I was applying for a position with Toyota via the Internet. Unluckily, they use Taleo to handle their online application process. This is an organization that apparently lacks all notion of QA and obviously has no talent in their programming staff. I say this because a competent programmer would have done at least some minor QA before turning on this abomination. To add insult to injury, it logged me off without saving or forwarding any of the information. Here's what it looked like (I refrained from commenting on the questions which bore no obvious relationship to the job for which I was applying) with all of its duplicate questions:

Demosthenes

Questionnaire

Please answer the following questions.

1.

In which of the following scenarios would you prefer to work? Please select all that apply. *

Work on your own

Work with a team

To be given direction and go off on your own

To be given independence but have frequent progress feedback

2.

How do you learn best? *

Reading standardized work procedures

Observing others in the position

Doing the task

None of the above

3.

Please describe a specific production problem that you solved yourself.
What was the situation?
What action did you personally take?
What was the result of your actions?
What struggles did you face along the way?
What did you learn as a result of those struggles?
Please limit response to 100 words. *

4.

How many years have you worked as a CPA? *

1-3 years

4-7 years

8-10 years

10+ years

None

5.

How many years of experience do you have working as a auditor in the accounting/finance field? *

1-3 years

4-7 years

8-10 years

10+ years

None

6.

What is your experience level with PeopleSoft? *

Novice

Intermediate

Advanced

Guru

None

7.

Please select the highest level of education completed. *

High School Diploma

Associates Degree

Bachelors Degree

Masters Degree

PhD

None of the above

8.

What is your level of experience with PeopleSoft?
*

Novice

Intermediate

Advanced

Guru

None

9.

On which of the following applications are you proficient? (use without regular assistant) Please select all that apply. *

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Microsoft PowerPoint

None Of The Above

10.

How many years of experience do you have in budgeting or cost planning? *

1-3

4-7

8 or more

None

11.

How many years of supervisory experience do you have? *

None

Less than 2 years

2 to 4 years

5 to 8 years

More than 8 years

12.

How many hours of overtime would you consider working per week? *

None

1 - 3 hours

4 - 5 hours

5 - 10 hours

Over 10 hours

13.

On which of the following applications are you proficient (use without assistance)? *

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Access

MS PowerPoint

MS Project

PeopleSoft

Mainframe

AutoCad

MS Visio

14.

How many hours of overtime would you consider working per week? *

1-3 hours

4-7 hours

7-10 hours

None

15.

How many hours of overtime would you consider working per week? *

None

1 - 2 hours

3 - 5 hours

6 - 10 hours

More than 10 hours

16.

How many years of experience do you have in the Fixed Assets area? *

1+ - 3 years

3+ - 5 years

5+ - 7 years

7+ years

17.

On which of the following applications are you proficient (use without regular assistance)? Please select all that apply. *

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

Peoplesoft or Mapics

Microsoft Word

None of the above

18.

How much travel do you consider acceptable? *

Not willing to travel

1% - 25%

26% - 50%

51% - 75%

76% - 100%

19.

If you require sponsorship, please explain. If you do not require sponsorship, please write "sponsorship not needed." *

20.

Do you have cost accounting experience in a manufacturing environment? *

Yes

No

21.

How many years of experience do you have in budgeting or cost planning? *

<1>

1-3 years

4-7 years

8+ years

None

22.

How many years of experience do you have in automotive purchasing?
*

Less than 1 year

1-3 years

4-7 years

8+ years

None of the above

23.

How many years of experience do you have in buying?
*

Less than 1 year

1-3 years

4-7 years

8+ years

None

24.

How many years of negotiation experience do you have?
*

Less than 1 year

1-3 years

4-7 years

8+ years

None

25.

If you have buying experience, your annual buy is:
*

æ $1M

$1.1M - $10M

$10.1M - $50M

$50.1M - $100M

> $100M

26.

If you have experience in automotive purchasing, please rate your level of proficiency. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

No experience

27.

How many years experience in Peopletools development and what version is the latest version worked on? *

2-3 yrs

4-5 yrs

V8.4x or higher

28.

Please explain your experience in mainframe. Cobol, PL1, IMS, DB2, JCL Endeavor. Please explain your experience in all *

29.

Please rate your experience with Lotus Notes infrastructure for multiple sites. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

None

30.

Please rate your level of proficiency with DB2 products. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

None

31.

Please rate your experience with Lotus collaboration tools. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

None

32.

Please rate your experience with Sametime. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

None

33.

Please rate your experience with Quickplace. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

None

34.

Please rate your experience with Domino.doc. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

None

35.

Please rate your level of proficiency in disaster recovery for IBM mainframe systems. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

None

36.

Please rate your experience with CICS products. *

Novice

Intermediate

Expert

Guru

None

37.

What percentage of travel do you consider acceptable? *

5%

5-10%

10-25%

30-50%

50-75%

75+%

No travel

38.

If you require sponsorship, please explain. If you do not require sponsorship, please write "sponsorship not needed." *

39.

Do you have experience working in a manufacturing environment? *

Yes

No

40.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony offense? *

Yes

No

41.

How many hours of overtime per week do you consider reasonable? *

1-3 hours

4-7 hours

8-10 hours

11-15 hours

Not willing to work overtime



Skills

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Please complete the following Skills evaluation form.

1.

Apply advanced statistical methods and benchmarking techniques using Six Sigma techniques

Proficiency

Experience

Last Used

Interest

2.

Ability to control, schedule, and report progress using Six Sigma techniques

Proficiency

Experience

Last Used

Interest



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