By Charles Rabin
Miami Herald
MIAMI — Over three days starting April 30, 750 people took the test for a coveted Miami firefighter job. When the scores were released three weeks later, applicants who passed rejoiced, and those who failed were crestfallen.
But quickly, some of those smiles turned into frowns and the frowns into smiles. It turned out all the scores were wrong, because incorrect answers had been programmed into the computer that graded the exams.
“People started calling and complaining,” said Robert Suarez, union president for the city’s 600 firefighters. “People who took the test in the past, and who usually do better on the follow up, did horrible.”
Full story: Test results miscalculated for Miami firefighter exam, affecting hundreds of applicants