Except the questions they ask aren't about the job, they're about you. If you aren't really that social, why would you put down that you're VERY social? Or shit like that...
Uh, those quotes aren't from me, they're from the few thousand people in a rampage on that sites comments box. Read through them if you want to get a taste for real world suffering in a first world job economy. They're just figurative examples of how asinine this quiz is, and how it only selects robotic promelons and sheeps who use the cheat sheets. There is NO SUCH THING AS A WRONG PERSONALITY, but now corporate america wants you to believe there is.
Don't worry - I got that, but you picked this item out among thousands.
Get over your self-importance and sense of entitlement.
If they are hiring for a sales job, guess what, you need to be social. If they are hiring for any job that requires teamwork, guess what you need to be social. In fact, you need to be social for just about any job except a shepherd.
And the questions were actually not that much about sociability - they seem to be more about accountability, determination, and service to others. In fact, I think they do a great job of weeding out self-importance and self-entitlement.
I am a sales trainer for a major multi-national company, and I have seen and participated in many personality tests - they really don't lie. In fact, most are designed to check if you are giving dishonest answers, which is the reason for having so many questions. BTW if any company does this kind of test, you probably have the same odds as just dropping your CV off in a box.
I applied for the job I am in now online, from Canada, to work in Belgium. As soon as I applied, I did some research online and found out the phone number of the most likely hiring manager's office, and called the switchboard. I asked them to direct me to the hiring manager, but I had the wrong office, so they gave me another switchboard number. So I called again, and isolated the hiring manager's name, but he was not in. I got his email address, and emailed him personally, attaching 2 letters of reference, titled the email "Getting past the electronic gatekeeper", stated my purpose clearly and succinctly, and asked if we could chat in the next week.
He did not answer for a week, so I followed up with another email, to which he replied "How did you get my name?" (ie that was all he wrote in the email), to which I replied "I will tell you over the phone, and you will find it interesting." I got 10 minutes with him by phone, and when we spoke, he looked up my application online, and saw that it had been rejected out of hand because I was not an EU citizen (which was exactly what I expected would happen).
I asked him if he preferred to hire an EU citizen or someone who had the right experience and was determined to excel in a job they passionately wanted. I connected with him over LinkedIn, offered to do a personality test, which I did. They made me an offer, and I negotiated for a good amount more.
This is the second time I have done this kind of thing for an overseas job, which is the hardest kind of job to get. The previous time, I actually paid to have a personality test done, and sent the results to the hiring manager to get him on board... I had to do that because I had practically no experience for the job and could only make the case that I was determined, transparent, and clever enough to break down the fucking artificial walls organizations put up to dissuade the less passionate.
For another job, I created a 10 page market analysis of the company, with a tactical plan on how to increase their sales, specifying the actions I would take in the first year if they hired me. That won me an interview, and in the interview, they asked me technical questions to which I did not know the answer. I told them I didn't know, but would get the answer within 24 hours. The guy who asked the questions, just shut his book as if to signal that the interview was over, (he was the technical guy in the equation), so I asked "Is it important to know this?" He fluffed a little, and said, "well, of course it is", to which I answered, "Then I will learn." The VP took advantage of the situation, and asked the best interview question I have ever been asked, "How will you learn?" I answered "I will read the internet, consult trade publications, and if I can't find the answer, ask a colleague." If I had answered "Well, don't you offer training?", the interview would certainly have been over and I would not have had the job, which I wanted very badly.
If you take a job you feel passionately about, it really doesn't feel like work. It feels like fulfilment. It is like getting laid versus being in love. Actually more like getting laid with the one you love.
C-Zom I don't know shit about you, but here is my read of you: you are an analytical person, who values precision, strategic insight, and pragmatism over what-if. Direct accountability is not your thing. You are more of a prima donna than a teamplayer. You believe in universalism - ie fair systems and procedures, over particularism - ie preferential treatment. You are probably an engineer, and if you are looking for a marketing or sales job, choose marketing. Good market analysis is hard to do, and is the basis of strategy for any company big or small. A retail job is not for you - it makes you a stationary target who has to be switched on at all times, bubbly, and a supreme tactician. It would be a waste of your strengths. There is such a thing as a wrong personality for a particular job.
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