Comment Re:Not entirely useless... (Re:o but yes) (Score 1) 489
actually i would think most organizations are giving practicals now... we got burned with a "cert baby" and being govt have to live with our mistakes. Now we give practicals and it is amazing how some who interview great and have all of the paper trail cannot get past some basic realtime excercises. Usually the person who we end up hiring does not stand out initially, but on the practical shines...