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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My worst one was where I had to take one of those personality tests. I had already interviewed in person and they made me go home and schedule a time to have this personality test. Then, someone called me and asked me all these weird questions for over an hour.... like "tell me of a time when you left work feeling happy"..."tell me of a time when you left work feeling sad". WTF. Needless to say, I didn't get the job. [/quote]

Wow. I used to work for a company that develops selection assessments. This sounds like a "test" made up by an unqualified individual. I'd love to know who created it and hat measures were put in place for the individual to administer and analyze that test. Personality tests are almost always multiple choice with numerous items to test each personality facet. As an aside, they're almost always fakeable, and IMO, relatively useless instruments.[/quote]

What you are giving examples of doesn't actually seem like a personality assessment to me (and for what it's worth, it's generalyl considered unethical to use personality assessments in selection processes- although of course it happens). It seems like a situational interview where they were putting an emphasis on feelings to determine where you would be a good fit (for instance, "I was so sad b/c my boss yelled at me" probably wouldn't work in some companies, while "I was so sad b/c the board didn't buy my proposal" might show something else).[/quote]

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