Originally Posted by workingforskies
It's an interview. It's an absurdly subjective question. Tell them what they want to hear. When I see questions like that, I roll my eyes and break out my creative writing pen.
And before all the "tsk tsk'ers" weigh in on my lack of integrity at this stage of the process, remember, they are not showing the person they are interviewing the dirty laundry of the facility either.
You won't get any "tsk tsk" from me. This would be a good discussion for an ethics class. Personally, the last time I took one of those employment tests, it made me feel "dirty". The tests tell you to answer honestly (which I did), but you are being graded according to your answers. A former boss described the hiring process as "being given more promises than from a used car salesman".
Thankfully, I plan to stay in my present position until retirement, and until that time comes, will not have to participate in this process. I probably will find another job after retirement, but it will be to keep busy, not because I need the money.
As an interesting aside, my basic electronics textbook had a sample employment question in each chapter. The correct answer always seemed to be to tell your boss, rather than to work it out with your fellow employee. In actual practice, this would make for strained relations among employees.
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