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Originally Posted by Molinit
Things have changed, it's an employers market and even in teaching a personality test holds a huge amount of weight. It has to do with fitting in - if a person can be determined to "not fit in" before being hired, the company can't just close their eyes and hire them - it's not likely the relationship will work.
It costs a lot of time and energy (and sometimes money) to hire people. Companies are trying to pare down their expenses these days and this is another way to do that, by not hiring people who aren't likely to work out on a long-term basis.
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I understand companies do what they have to do to save money. But these tests should
help employers hire people, not
decide for them.
What gets me is that I had already displayed my personality during the interview. I was honest and said I was the nervous type, but it has never stopped me from doing a good job. The interviewer even said that in her experience the nervous types tend to be the best anyway, and that it was no problem. She was excited to have me on her team. When my score ended up being consistent with what they already knew, they weren't
allowed to hire me due to some policy that says so.
It wasn't really matter of not fitting. It was clear she wanted me there, my friend who works there knows me and believes I would've been great, and I believe I would've performed well there too. It was just a company policy that prevented it from happening.
I'm not going to wait to develop a more "fitting personality" to get hired somewhere. It might be years of work reconstructing my brain to be less depressed and anxiety-ridden. But I agree I should work on how I "play the game".