Posted by Poet on January 16, 2005, at 23:28:21
In reply to Can't Sleep - Terrible., posted by Susan47 on January 16, 2005, at 5:53:47
Hi Susan47,
Having had over 100 job interviews (I am ashamed, but honest) I have done those horrid *computer skills* tests. The last one I burst out crying, wrote a paragraph on how I couldn't do the test, paid $10 for parking and wouldn't get the job anyway. I ran out the door crying.
I've done those psychological tests, too. The ones where they ask four different ways would you rat out a co-worker for stealing office supplies? Let's see, should I be the aggressive *hawk* or the passive *dove.* What type of *bird* are they looking for? (Seriously one classified the candidates as birds.)
I'm so busy analyazing what I think they want that most of the time I don't finish the test.
I wish no one had to go through this crud to get a job. Tests will not show what we really can offer. For me, they show my lack of confidence and need to be perfect and give the exact answer. Only I can't figure out what that is. Argh.
My sympathies.
Hawk for marketing jobs
Dove for administrative support jobs
Owl for accounting jobs
Peacock for public relations jobs
Poet (for no job, nobody hires poets)
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