I want to say it's to filter out people unwilling to do the tedious bullshit of the job, but for a lot of these, the employers drank the Kool-aid and believe these tests actually mean something.
If you have an awareness of what the desirable answers are, you're going to prioritize that over honesty. And it's funny because then the employers probably filter out the answers where the person responds perfectly because you've gotta answer the questions well, but not so well you seem dishonest.
Wyd even they're open-note if you're applying online, rendering the tests even more pointless
These tests are peak management bullshit and I hate them very much.
I once tried to return to a workplace I was reasonably well liked at for a year and they said because of one of these tests I wasn't 'competitive' enough and they couldn't take me. This was over a decade ago so I can only imagine how it's progressed. I think if they didn't know me they would have just ghosted me without explaining. So that's what that gets you. 🤷
personally i don't play that game like that. i either fill it out with all the same position ( like choosing A out of ABCD every time ) or i use a randomizer if i wanna get creative. HR can mark it in their notebooks if they really care, im not scared lol
I want to say it's to filter out people unwilling to do the tedious bullshit of the job, but for a lot of these, the employers drank the Kool-aid and believe these tests actually mean something.
If you have an awareness of what the desirable answers are, you're going to prioritize that over honesty. And it's funny because then the employers probably filter out the answers where the person responds perfectly because you've gotta answer the questions well, but not so well you seem dishonest.
Wyd even they're open-note if you're applying online, rendering the tests even more pointless
These tests are peak management bullshit and I hate them very much.
They are invented by useless parasites for the purpose of convincing themselves that they’re not useless parasites
I once tried to return to a workplace I was reasonably well liked at for a year and they said because of one of these tests I wasn't 'competitive' enough and they couldn't take me. This was over a decade ago so I can only imagine how it's progressed. I think if they didn't know me they would have just ghosted me without explaining. So that's what that gets you. 🤷
personally i don't play that game like that. i either fill it out with all the same position ( like choosing A out of ABCD every time ) or i use a randomizer if i wanna get creative. HR can mark it in their notebooks if they really care, im not scared lol
I had a job try and make me take an IQ test to get a job offer and I told them to fuck off