What is with these survey questions that jobs ask you before they hire you? more?

i mean how do they want us to answer these survey questions? i.e. your surpervisor does something how do you react.. have you ever stole etc? truthfully, idealistically or both? how do places like target, mervyn's and other retail stores 'judge' you? based on what criteria? obviously a person can just bullshit their way through the survey. i think they're useless in comparison to the interview and past references and level of education you have or drug tests. how perfect can you be for minimum wage? any advice on how to answer them?

What is with these survey questions that jobs ask you before they hire you? more?
These tests are psychological examinations. They test for a bunch of different things. Your best bet is to bs the important ones and answer some of the little ones truthfully. These test are only answer based and result in a score # or a light system(red, yellow, green). You don't have to be perfect but too many wrong answers will be weeded out.
Reply:my take on it is that they try to see if your honest so that they can disadvantage you when you get the job. and refuse to hire you if your not.
Reply:yes they are dumb just to trick and see if you answer truthful.
Reply:The stores take the test you wrote, run it through a machine and if you get a high score you get hired, usually after a reference check, some of the tests are personality tests, eg if you are going to work in customer service, but answer the questions idealistically, never say its ok to take company property, or that you think its ok to quit for a better job, etc. pay attention to the wording and you should be fine
Reply:They're un-creative and using a script. I hate that BS. Anyway, you would think that after some of the idiots companies hire they would take another tack.
Reply:these questions are usually designed to measure your individual stregnths and weaknesses in teamwork, integrity, individualism, working towards company goals........etc. These surveys can be answered best by figuring out what is important to that company's culture.
Reply:to see if u are the right person for the job.





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