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To: freepinglurker

An interview is a personality test. Basically, they are trying to reinvent the wheel.


2 posted on 11/28/2006 6:58:29 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Brilliant

I hired a girl that pulled an unloaded weapon on her office partners.

Wish I had such a personality test


16 posted on 11/28/2006 7:08:34 AM PST by Fighting Irish (My opinions have been forged by where I've walked - not by who I hear on the radio)
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To: Brilliant; All
The ab-so-effen-loot-ly BEST reason to take advantage of what the United States of America has to offer, and START YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
19 posted on 11/28/2006 7:12:49 AM PST by Gideon Reader ("The quiet gentleman sitting in the corner sipping Kenya AA and enjoying his Stan Getz CD's".)
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To: Brilliant
I had a telephone interview with Gallup recently... the whole half-hour was ALL personality-profiling. Not one question was asked pertaining to my background, skills or the responsibilities I would be assuming. After 20 minutes of this crap, I decided I wouldn't persue the position further.

The PC police in corporate HR are trying to label you from the git-go... and if you don't fit their 'flavor-of-the-month'... see ya' later.

29 posted on 11/28/2006 7:18:41 AM PST by johnny7 ("We took a hell of a beating." -'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell)
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To: Brilliant
An interview is a personality test. Basically, they are trying to reinvent the wheel.

This is what happens when consultants sell "ideas" to MBA managers that don't have any real-world experience.

52 posted on 11/28/2006 7:41:58 AM PST by meyer (Bring back the Contract with America and you'll bring back the Republican majority.)
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To: Brilliant

why do employers think they need all this to sell their product?

You're not only selling a product. You are going to be working with others. You are going to be representing the company and it's image. You are going to be paid by this company who has a right to protect it's interests. You are going to become an employee with rights to sue under an pile of laws and agencies. The employer has every right to hire the person who fits best in their culture.

If you object to tests, don't apply for jobs that require them. There are others out there who don't object.


81 posted on 11/28/2006 8:18:03 AM PST by Joan Kerrey
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To: Brilliant

Mervyns gives this kind of test, has for a very long time.

Each answer you give is not exactly right or wrong, it reads as the type of person you are...


98 posted on 11/28/2006 8:48:34 AM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens...)
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To: Brilliant
"You see a tortoise lying on it's back."

"A tortoise? What's a tortoise?"

"Know what a turtle is?"

"Yes"

"Same thing."

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107 posted on 11/28/2006 9:22:30 AM PST by RobRoy
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