I have to take one of these things as part of the interview process for the job I'm going for. The guy who would be my boss described it as, "one of those online tests that determine if you are sane or not."

I'm kinda worried... [img:$uid]http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/rebecca8273/emoticon/eusa_shifty.gif[/img:$uid]

Genesia said:

I have to take one of these things as part of the interview process for the job I'm going for. The guy who would be my boss described it as, "one of those online tests that determine if you are sane or not."

I'm kinda worried... [img:$uid]http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/rebecca8273/emoticon/eusa_shifty.gif[/img:$uid]

when you get to the one about if you are interrupted whilst doing a task thusfar uncompleted, don't tick the option that says you would fly into a white hot rage

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said:

I have to take one of these things as part of the interview process for the job I'm going for. The guy who would be my boss described it as, "one of those online tests that determine if you are sane or not."

I'm kinda worried... [img:$uid]http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/rebecca8273/emoticon/eusa_shifty.gif[/img:$uid]

when you get to the one about if you are interrupted whilst doing a task thusfar uncompleted, don't tick the option that says you would fly into a white hot rage

And the correct answer to

"What would you do if you discover a colleague taking home stationery items for personal use?"

is not

C: Rush to the stationery cupboard before all the good stuff is gone.

Good luck!

I'd just tell them to go to hell.

mcmeekle said:

ZombieKitten said:

when you get to the one about if you are interrupted whilst doing a task thusfar uncompleted, don't tick the option that says you would fly into a white hot rage

And the correct answer to

"What would you do if you discover a colleague taking home stationery items for personal use?"

is not

C: Rush to the stationery cupboard before all the good stuff is gone.

Good luck!

at the both of you.

Genesia said:

mcmeekle said:

And the correct answer to

"What would you do if you discover a colleague taking home stationery items for personal use?"

is not

C: Rush to the stationery cupboard before all the good stuff is gone.

Good luck!

at the both of you.

you're welcome!

When I was a computer teacher, I taught lots of workshops on online job searches and applications. I walked lots and lots of people through psychological-profile type surveys and tests.

They're long, boring and a piece of cake. The "correct" answer is always pretty obvious. It will probably give you a series of statements and ask you to rate how strongly you agree or disagree. Stuff like, "I often feel resentful of my coworkers" and other funny shit like that.

Don't worry.

Actually, it isn't as cut and dried as that. It's a survey that gives you sets of four words and asks you to rank them according to how the people at your current job see you - and then to rank the same sets of words according to what you're really like. Only they give you the sets in a different order, so you can't really memorize what you did.

I hope I didn't screw it up.

Genesia said:

Actually, it isn't as cut and dried as that. It's a survey that gives you sets of four words and asks you to rank them according to how the people at your current job see you - and then to rank the same sets of words according to what you're really like. Only they give you the sets in a different order, so you can't really memorize what you did.

I hope I didn't screw it up.

as long as neither list you made looks like this:

vindictive

forgetful

bitch

neurotic

you should be OK!

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said:

Actually, it isn't as cut and dried as that. It's a survey that gives you sets of four words and asks you to rank them according to how the people at your current job see you - and then to rank the same sets of words according to what you're really like. Only they give you the sets in a different order, so you can't really memorize what you did.

I hope I didn't screw it up.

as long as neither list you made looks like this:

vindictive

forgetful

bitch

neurotic

you should be OK!

Actually, what I did was to pick the word I thought was was most "negative" and put that last in every case.

Genesia said:

ZombieKitten said:

as long as neither list you made looks like this:

vindictive

forgetful

bitch

neurotic

you should be OK!

Actually, what I did was to pick the word I thought was was most "negative" and put that last in every case.

so they actually gave you some OK words as well. Lucky!!!

ZombieKitten said:

Genesia said:

Actually, what I did was to pick the word I thought was was most "negative" and put that last in every case.

so they actually gave you some OK words as well. Lucky!!!

They were pretty much all okay. Even the ones that could be perceived as negative might be considered positives in some circumstances. It's all a matter of what they're looking for.

Genesia said:

Actually, it isn't as cut and dried as that. It's a survey that gives you sets of four words and asks you to rank them according to how the people at your current job see you - and then to rank the same sets of words according to what you're really like. Only they give you the sets in a different order, so you can't really memorize what you did.

I hope I didn't screw it up.

Ah, okay. I think I've heard of that; is it called the Word Survey?

Oh, you already said it's called the McQuaig survey.

Those tests can be pretty clever sometimes. Each answer doesn't mean much but some combinations of answers form patterns that indicate unwanted personlity types in a work place. Some might for example inadvertantly show that they shift blame over to others, look after their own interests or suffer from narcissism. It would be wrong to base a hiring decision solely on a test like that though. It's more often used as a basis for forming questions to people you've named as references etc.