I wasn't hired because I failed the personality test???

[loveishope]

I had to take a pre-assessment for a particular facility. I aced the clinical exams, but did not do well on the personality exams. So they declined to have me interview. I can't believe that they would not even consider interviewing me when I did well on the clinical aspect. The recruiter was shocked as well. She said it is very difficult to find an experienced ICU nurse who is willing to relocate and take a significant cut in pay($12 HR less for me). I was shocked too and disappointed in myself because I think I am a good person with a good personality. I'm hardworking, honest, dependable, and a team player and I answered those questions the right way I thought. Of course I chose I do not use drugs, drink, participate in sexual harassment, and am a team player. So how could one fail a personality test? So discouraged. I've been an ICU nurse for over 2 years and I worked hard for my license. I'm insulted that they didn't even want to meet me face to face before they made their decision based on a test. Well, their loss is all I can say because I'm a damn good ICU nurse who is there for her patients and co- workers.

[pumpkinseeds]

Ya'll know who does really, really well on these types of personality tests?

Sociopaths.

[loveishope]

Thank you pumpkinseed..... I needed that laugh. And thank you Allnurses. You never fail. Free therapy with humor:)

[PapaPhil]

if i were a young man again, i would go to law school rather than get a useless mba. after graduation and passing the bar i would make my goal, before i die, to unionize the nursing profession in america and put an end to a lot of the c rapola that is perpetrated against nurses - such as personality tests.

[Marshall1]

Those tests are what non-healthcare management came up with...they are misleading and keep a lot of good/great healthcare workers out of jobs and put a lot of not good/lousy healthcare workers into positions..simply because they appear to be more customer service oriented. We are nurses, not receptionist. I would much rather have an experience, organized nurse with a flat personality taking care of me or my family knowing if the poo hits the fan he/she knows what to do instead of one that will react with "OMG!" and run from the room.

[PapaPhil]

the problem with these tests are that they are purely subjective, not objective, also.

these ''humanmetrics types" got their start with jung and briggs myers. i dated one of them in college for about 2-weeks. she was into talking about ''it.'' her interest was what ''it'' and humans' preferences meant, rather than doing ''it.''

finally, i asked her to excuse me that i wanted to go out and get a pack of cigarettes. it took her another 2-weeks to remember that i did not smoke.

[DizzyLizzyNurse]

Well, the issue is, I met someone in West Texas and he won't move so I have to and wherever I work is going to be a cut in pay. All the hospitals pay $20 an hour for ICU.

Are you serious? I'm a new grad who just got hired at a rehab place and I'm starting out at $27/hr. Tell your West Texan you are both moving to New York!

On a personal level, it seems wrong that he wouldn't at least consider moving. That's kinda selfish....I could be assuming so sorry but had to say it!

[enchantmentdis, BSN, RN]

Remember the original "Stepford Wives" movie? Scott and White should make a movie called "Stepford Nurses".

[Lynx25, LPN]

Bahaha, don't even worry about it...

I failed the personality test for Waffle House... WAFFLE HOUSE when I was job hunting in school. It's not even written, you have to do it over the phone....

Oh well.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

Personality exams - another example of what happens when the patients take over the asylum. If I am coding I could care less if the attending nurse considers whether littering or violation of handicap parking a worse offense against mankind.

Scott and White in Texas use a personality exam. Unfortunately, they do not use it on their human resources department staff.

As a recruiter, I am seeing a shift of interest of our nurses in many states including Texas going away from the big cities to the rural hospitals. None of our clients, that I know of in the rural areas, use personality tests. That is what the face-to-face interview is for.

I have another take on it. With the growing prevalence of online communication and less face-to-face communication, the generation now is used to not dealing with in-person cues. Somebody had to come up with another type of cold evaluation tactic because people aren't good at reading "real" people.

Won't get better.

[PapaPhil]

New grad - think cost of living. Texas is a lot cheaper than NY. Also its about a different life style. Some peeps like 'them wide open spaces.' You don't know what beauty is until you see of herd of Longhorns or Angus moseying down to the water troughs at dusk as you step in a fresh cow pie.

[xtxrn, ASN, RN]

New grad - think cost of living. Texas is a lot cheaper than NY. Also its about a different life style. Some peeps like 'them wide open spaces.' You don't know what beauty is until you see of herd of Longhorns or Angus moseying down to the water troughs at dusk as you step in a fresh cow pie.

It's beautiful in the Hill Country...most people think of TX as either a humid sticky mess (coast) or a megatropolis (DFW or Houston). There are a LOT of beautiful parts of TX. :) Including the people being incredibly friendly.

[PapaPhil]

absolutely, the most important thing about texas are the friendly people. i am from texas. the town i am from is my last name. i go home to texas several times a year, especially for various tha meetings and the people are very open and friendly – even in austin! when my wife walks down the sidewalk, of my little town of my birth, the men still tip their lbj 'open road' stockman hats to her.

our favorite coffee shop that is located on the town square across from the court house, serves the best chicken fried steak and biscuits or corn bread that would make my cardiologist wince if he knew about it and me eating it.