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Oct 29, 2014, 01:47 PM
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Desert Kitty hates titles
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Member Since: Jul 2008
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Originally Posted by zinco14532323
I hate that. I applied for a plumbing job and apparently they hired some "expert" outside firm for the firing process. IQ test, personality test, not a single thing about plumbing. I didn't realize the IQ test was timed so only answered half the questions. I am sure that knocked me out. On my resume I had 25 years of very good experience and references. I think they do rely on them. "Have you ever stole from an employer?" How do you answer that. Probably most people have stole a little something. I did as a teenager.
Why not base it on my skills, expertise, experience, and references and not some stupid test.
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I agree.....I remember the "old" days when there was no such thing. It was about your experience/skills, and whether they think you will fit in with everyone else. The face-to-face interview might include 1 or 2 hypothetical situations, but they WERE JOB RELATED.
I wonder who came up with these tests to evaluate people.  A friend of mine said he did some research on these tests. Some are designed with certain ASSUMPTIONS. For a question like, "Have you ever been in a physical fight with a co-worker?", they would assume a lot of people would lie about this. SO, if you say no, even if it's TRUE, you might look like a liar!
Sounds like the same kind of test that places like Home Depot, Target, and CVS give. Questions like, "How many tickets do you think the average driver gets in 10 years?" and "What percentage of people do you think cheat on their tax return?" WTF???? Why would they care what people think about these things??? More than 50 questions like this, and you can't skip any.
Also, there's never an option like, "None of the above." You have to pick an option. I don't know if they can tell what kind of employee someone will be based on their answers to these ridiculous questions that have NOTHING to do with whether you can do the job.
Besides, if they think some people lie on some questions, what's the point in doing it at all? "Assuming" things is never good. And there's always going to be people that lie a lot, whether on that test or not.
And someone may get all the "right" answers on these stupid tests, but turn out to be a crappy employee!! If they are trying to find out how positive someone is, like "What's your favorite season?" and "What's your favorite color?" with questions like THAT......it's not foolproof anyway. Nothing is, really.
$#%^&*@*!? employers. Spending money on hiring these firms to create these stupid tests to weed out people, when they could spend the money in better ways.....
I spent over an hour answering those kinds of questions from Target, and I got a "kiss off" e-mail from them yesterday. All that time I spent.....Like I said in the old days, there was no such test. Any test was skill related, like how well you know Excel or Word. Or how fast you can type.
They should also take into account some people don't do well on tests anyway, ANY kind of test. It's too much duress. It's like in school when they made you take multiple choice tests. If you happen to get all the right answers, you look like you know the stuff. But maybe you just GUESSED right.
They seem to require these tests for the most MENIAL, LOW PAYING JOBS EVER.
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