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Over the last 2 weeks i've had to apply online for several jobs and have done 4 of these types of test, although instead of yes/no answers they ranged from strongly disagree to strongly agree.
The thing with these tests is that they don't allow for the grey areas you get in real life situations and as a result my applications were automatically turned down.
The last job i appied for was a part time driver delivering groceries and the questions didn't really have anything to do with the job duties.
Pretty much as soon as i pressed the submit button i got an email saying that based on the results of the assessment they would not be taking my application any further.
I'm also now prohibited from applying for any more jobs with this company as the results of the test last for 6 months.
"It would be pretty daunting to have to fill this out to be considered for a job since employment is hard to some by. That's some pressure there."
Rather than helping to recruit employees, i'm pretty sure they do it just to whittle the numbers of applicants down.
The thing with these tests is that they don't allow for the grey areas you get in real life situations and as a result my applications were automatically turned down.
The last job i appied for was a part time driver delivering groceries and the questions didn't really have anything to do with the job duties.
Pretty much as soon as i pressed the submit button i got an email saying that based on the results of the assessment they would not be taking my application any further.
I'm also now prohibited from applying for any more jobs with this company as the results of the test last for 6 months.
"It would be pretty daunting to have to fill this out to be considered for a job since employment is hard to some by. That's some pressure there."
Rather than helping to recruit employees, i'm pretty sure they do it just to whittle the numbers of applicants down.
-Tallahassee 
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