Posted by Emily Elizabeth on September 7, 2005, at 15:02:53
In reply to Re: bloody tests!!!!!, posted by alexandra_k on September 7, 2005, at 3:58:44
Actually, the issue with tests given by employers is that they are NOT connected to psychologists in any way. The people giving them have no idea how reliable (or unreliable) they are. They don't know about appropriate testing conditions. They don't know about good reasons to give a test and bad ones. It would kind of be like the manager of a supermarket drawing a blood sample from an applicant and attempting to analyze it by himself.
Anyway, don't drag us psychologist-types into this problem. :) (Said lightly, not angrily) We don't agree with this sort of thing at all!! :)
Best,
EE> >You'll never figure out what they want.
>
> Thats not the spirit... No, it is not. Can you remember the name of it? Do an internet search. You should be able to get hold of it somehow... Or a scoring guide or whatever.
>
> I hate tests:
> intelligence tests
> aptitude tests
> diagnostic tests
> personality tests
>
> they are a way for psychologists to justify their existence and its not like they don't have better things to be doing with their time.
>
> sorry... but they really make me mad. and imo they are largely a matter of self-fulfilling prophesy at any rate.
>
> so... i have no qualms whatsoever about studying up on them and giving them what they want to hear
> (i mean, that shows initiative and intelligence all by itself - right?)
>
> you might have to get a little creative in order to obtain them though....
>
> they tend to be guarded quite carefully...
> mostly because...
> if how they work is known to the general public...
> they lose their validity
>
> ha!
>
> best beat 'em at their own game methinks...
poster:Emily Elizabeth
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