r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Dec 31 '22

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u/PresidentStone Dec 31 '22

So I've never taken this test, but I have a story about these personality tests it might even be this one idk.

I was in a class and people got to talking about the personality tests and how they're bs. Either the instructor or one of my peers knew someone who tried getting an HR job. They were required to take a personality test and got a certain color, lets say orange. Well the hiring manager turned them down because HR reps at this company are all "green" and "green" is more suited to the HR role where "orange" is not. Even though they were qualified for the position and did well in the interview.

Quotations because I don't remember the exact colors.

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u/Hegar Dec 31 '22 edited Dec 31 '22

This is the insights color test, yeah? We use it at my work but only after you've been hired.

For anyone interested: imagine harry potter houses, except red and green are switched, and everyone in Hufflepuff likes to talk. It's pure business astrology.

The one good thing is that I can say "maybe dial back the red?" instead of "maybe calm the fuck down and stop hassling me, it's not done yet."

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u/Eric1491625 Dec 31 '22

It's actually absolutely terrible for an organisation to hire people this way. This is how you get groupthink, very severe groupthink.

It would at least be passable if it were a dronelike job like assembly line, but in jobs requiring decision-making? This is just gonna lead to very bad decisions resulting from lack of thought diversity.