I make less of a deal over their actual cad skills than I do over their
base understanding of the fundamentals of what they will be drawing and
their visualization skills. If they cannot imagine a section cut, cannot
do some simple math to understand the reasons why the drawing is being
done in the way that it needs to be done, the ability to draw becomes
insignificant since all they will be acheiving is drawing the lines on
the page with me telling them where each line needs to go.
I can teach them those aspects of cad that we use (very little of its
real power in fact) in a couple of days if they have any real
intelligence, but a person who can draw objects and lines, but has no
clue as to their real meaning is worthless, since every drawing would
require extreme supervision, which I don't have time to give them.
I would, in your position, ask to see a transcript of what they have
already covered in school, with grades. Allow them to redact any
personal information that they wish to keep private (such as social
security number, race, or any other non-significant info to the job. I
would also try to find the person that, through their choice of courses,
has shown a real interest in the work to be performed. A person who has
taken electrical engineering courses may be super-smart, cad-competent,
etc but would be of no value, comparatively, to me since the work I need
done is structural/architectural engineering. For you it could be the
exact opposite.
jlspartz wrote:
> We are looking to test college students for intern positions that reside in other states at this time. I was wondering if anyone here has done a remote CAD test before.
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> I was thinking of making a multiple choice exam and sending a picture that they would have to draw in CAD, that way there is less explaining that needs to be done. And say I set up a time with them, then I send them the info and they have to send it back to me an hour later so I know how long they took.
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> Any suggestions?