I think its pointless because the job you want to go for it shouldent be about your personality it should be about what you can do as a peson for that particular job.But i know what you mean they say you have to be loud and confident to be a DJ like i want and yet im not as confident as some in my course so i think does that mean i wont make it even if i could mix and scratch brilliantly?
I think the whole idea is rubbish. It's discrimination. A lot of the questions on these tests give a ridiculous either/or scenario that leaves no room for a grey area. Plus, what's to keep someone from lying on their answers?
These tests are fun to take online, and maybe there is some scientific validity to them, but they shouldn't be involved in hiring practices.
M, if you don't intentionally insult people, the best answer to put is sometimes. Everybody insults people sometimes and so that is not a lie.
Some of those multi choice questions give choices where I don't like any. So then I have to put the least obnoxious choice.
Not all of these online tests have scientific validity and that would be another concern, apart from the discrimination angle.
I think personality tests are a bad idea not only for autistics but for anyone who may be an unconventional thinker. I have been denied jobs because of the personality test, partly because, I freely admit, I don't have the kind of personality they like (outgoing, a "people person," multitasking, unquestioningly obedient), but partly also because I can't understand the questions, and they're all multiple choice, yes/no, agree/disagree type questions. I want to ask for clarification or say "it depends in what sense you mean it." I think that critical thinking abilities are really a disadvantage on those tests, even among people who may have the desired personality type.
Examples of questions on the test I recently failed:
-It is maddening when the criminal justice system lets guilty criminals go free. (agree or disagree)
-I like to go with my friends to places with lots of people. (agree or disagree)
-I would criticize someone who deserved it. (agree or disagree)
I ask you, do this questions make any sense, let alone have any relevence to job qualifications? Many of them seemed like baiting, set-up questions (Doesn't specifying "guilty criminals" poison the well? "Deserved" to be criticized by what standard?)
I think these tests are sloppy and thus poor business practice, as well as being unfair to autistics and others.
If it were proven that the tests were unfair to autistics, could a case be made for disability discrimination?
all it means is that we are one step closer to that Orwellian Feudalism, indentured servitude is on the rise. we in the US let corperations step all over our rights.
you know that pic the Ian guy has on his Avatar. its from ff7 and its a symbol for a combination of totalitarianism and feudalism. and it might be the next white house.
first drug test, than IQ and personality test next is blood and DNA test then barcode on the back of your neck.
I'm sure it is a form of discrimination but not sure how to fight it. I also think once people have had a bit of experience in doing these tests and if they are really desperate for a job, they will answer the questions falsely to make themselves seem more like what the employer wants.
On Yahoo News today, there was an article on Personality Tests. I was just wondering how many of you think taking a Personality Test to obtain a job would be a good or bad thing for Autistics?
How many of you have taken a Personality Test on the Job and do you believe these type of tests are a good way to decide whether a person is �management or administrator material� or do you think that they limit those that could be a good manager if given the chance?
How many of you believe you would do well taking a Personality Test?
This is just a partial condensed version of the article written by Ariana Eunjung Cha, Staff Writer for the Washington Post.
Employers Relying on Personality Tests to Screen Applicants
Even before the candidates had stepped through the door for the group interview, their fate had been largely determined by a computer.
Over the past few years, personality assessment tests have moved from the realm of experiment to standard practice at many of the nation's largest companies, including the Albertson's grocery chain and retailers such as Neiman Marcus and Target. A recent survey found that about 30 percent of all companies use personality tests in hiring.
To many companies, the tests are as important, if not more important, than an applicant's education, experience and recommendations.
Some firms give the computer the power to conduct the first screening of candidates and do not bother interviewing applicants unless they score above a certain level. Universal, however, prefers to put everyone through an interview on the chance that assessments are wrong.
Usually they aren't.
"In almost every case, the results of the test are what we see in their interviews," said Giles, who has been at his job for two years.
Universal said the online exams have made a measurable difference in the quality of its workforce. Employee retention and customer satisfaction levels are up, while absenteeism and theft are down.
But the growing use of employment exams worries some, who say many aptitude tests lack rigorous review by professionals in the field and are crafted too narrowly to accurately judge one's eventual performance.
"You are really doing a disservice to the complexity of human individuality," said Dan P. McAdams, a professor of psychology and human development at Northwestern University.
Psychologists have long debated whether personality can be reduced to a set of numbers, like a person's weight, shoe size or eyeglasses prescription. Extroversion and Openness Personality Inventory breaks personality down into five characteristics that some companies use to assess traits such as management potential.
Today, an estimated 2,500 U.S. firms offer assessments that are mostly variations on these main tests and are geared toward hiring.
"Just like they are trying to match up potential mates, we are basically making a prediction of whether someone is a good fit or not for a job," he said. The firm said its tests have been validated time and again by their success at companies.
I would imagine the personality tests aren't geared for autistics in general... I think it would be probably a disqualifier for most, unless the job was geared towards the autistic traits(engineering, programming, etc)