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Originally posted by stars15k
reply to post by Apollo7
Everybody has stolen something at sometime.
Originally posted by Dianec
If they are handing out MMPI-2's for example they are in trouble and a report needs to be made with an entirely different agency (doubt this but making a point). If its some undereducated manager who thought they found a cool one online to do their decision making for them then its a dept. of labor issue (if you choose to even bother). If its a corporate wide thing it's probably legal since they are pretty big but without test name and reason for test it's tough to speculate. Sounds like the later in here since manager wants to hire you.
Originally posted by Aleister
reply to post by Golf66
Your post reminds me of the time Timothy Leary was arrested and convicted of something. When they were determining what type of prison to send him to they gave him a test to see if he obeyed or distrusted "authority". The thing is, he designed the test!! So of course he answered in a way that he came across as subservient, they sent him to a lower security prison, and he escaped.
Originally posted by stars15k
reply to post by Apollo7
I was a home resource specialist, store level, at a grocery store where I live. Such tests taken at the time of application are really pretty standard. When people answer the questions they way they think the company wants to see instead of being completely honest, the score shows it. For example, one question was "I have never stolen anything." When people say, "yes" they have never stolen anything, you get the question "wrong." Everybody has stolen something at sometime.
I looked back and saw my test? I did really well. It's one of the reasons I was chosen for this promotion.
We would not allow you to take the test over and over again until you get it right, though. That is not very good policy. It opens people up to hiring discrimination....if they allow you to do it, but didn't hire other peoples, they could be sued.
Answer the questions honestly. If the test was similar, it's best. It is always best, no matter the test.
We also gave a math test. You had to pass that before you could be trained as a cashier. But it didn't stop me from hiring people for other departments.
Originally posted by Golf66
Originally posted by Aleister
reply to post by Golf66
Your post reminds me of the time Timothy Leary was arrested and convicted of something. When they were determining what type of prison to send him to they gave him a test to see if he obeyed or distrusted "authority". The thing is, he designed the test!! So of course he answered in a way that he came across as subservient, they sent him to a lower security prison, and he escaped.
This was something I always found a little funny about the special operations community.
We'd take people, teach them to lie convincingly, manipulate any interview, resist interrogation methods then test them for "honesty and integrity" and give them psych evaluations. Not surprisingly many end up being diagnosed with "borderline anti-social personality disorder". Of course we are, we are the fringe of the military, we do the questionable things others won't/can't do and sleep well at night - we lie, we steal, we manipulate others as part of our jobs.
Kind of ironic. There is even a course for how to beat a polygraph, then once you go to the course they do what? Require a polygraph for the position...that requires the course.
:O.o:
Kind of silly actually.