Testing IT Professionals On Job Interviews?

An anonymous reader writes "After having my university degrees, a couple of IT certifications, and over ten years of work experience in the industry, with 2-4 years of verifiable employment with each employer, working with a wide range of technologies, is it reasonable to ask me to take some test on a job interview? The same companies don't ask other professionals (lawyer, accountant, sales, HR, etc.) to submit to any kind of in-house tests when they are hired. Why are IT professionals treated differently and in such a paternalistic way? More importantly, why do IT professionals accept being treated less favorably than members of other professions? Should IT professionals start to refuse to be treated as not real professionals?"

Comments

thats right - it monkeys

[nexie]

most IT chumps are lying slimey gits that can do fonz all without a broom up there ass, there are so many areas of it that any old monkey can say yea i can do that, i have to deal with twat ass it people all the time, its like, well, yea, just sit there with your nylon shirt that barley fits over you burger guts and sweat a bit and everything is fine, these people should test you scheming retared windows disk inserters cos most talk utter crap in the hope someone will stop asking them questions. the IT industry is a big load of steaming crap. sort it the fonz out

Re:No, it is not reasonable.

[BitZtream]

So ... because you are incompetent and can't pass the test, the employeer is the one with a problem?

What happened in the world that resulted in everyone thinking they were so entitled to everything they want, as if it were a birthright?