BackgroundI am a working software engineer who is in the midst of seeking out a new contract for the next year or so.  In my search, I am enduring several absurd technical interviews as indicated by this popular question I asked earlier today.Even if the questions I was being asked weren't almost always absurd, I would be tired nonetheless of answering them many times over for various contract opportunities.So this got me thinking that having a standardized exam that working software professionals could take would provide a common scorecard that could be referenced by interviewers in lieu of absurd technical interview questions (i.e. nerd hazing).QuestionIs there a standardized software engineering aptitude test (SEAT??) available for working professionals to take?  If there isn't a such an exam out there, what questions or topics should be covered?An additional thoughtPlease keep in mind, if suggesting a question or topic, to focus on questions or topics that would be relevant to contemporary development practices and realistic needs in the workforce as that would be the point of a standard aptitude test.  In other words, no clown traversal questions.
Are there currently any modern, standardized, aptitude test for software engineering?
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Have a look at Codility.It's an on-line programming test that supports a number of different languages. The questions are well defined, and not overly complex although they do require some thought, as well as good (defensive) programming techniques - not only do you have to write a correct working solution but they will test for things like edge conditions and integer overflow.I have no idea how well regarded the self certification is, but two recent job applications have used that site as part of the selection process.