I was emailed a link to an online test. Since I wasn't told how long the test would take and if it was timed, and which programming languages were to be used, I inquired. Was told it was 2 questions for 45 mins. Wasn't clear if the time was for each question or total. I did the test and never heard back from them, not even a confirmation that they received a test or basic thanks.

I discussed this test and my answers with a senior engineer with 15 years of experience in major software companies and was told my answers were correct. I was given advice (which matches advice from other senior engineers having similar experiences) warning not to take these tests that require no time invested on company side and take up your valuable time, while allowing companies to send these tests to 100s of people without actually looking at their resume once and checking if they feel there's a match in experience and skills first. Lesson well learned.

First question was asking to create test strategy for a high availability email application, that consisted of separate US, Application and back end layers/tiers. The question asked to list tools that would be used to automate testing of each layer. Also, it was asked to provide time frames for testing/retesting each new build.

Second question was to "return middle element of the linked list", in any language pretty much.