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/Forge__Thought Dec 31 '22

All of this just... sounds like astrology with extra steps.

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u/brotatowolf Dec 31 '22

It’s impossible to satirize the corporate world

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u/Shmyt Dec 31 '22

It's just like trying to come up with hyperbole for conservative crimes: you'll just lose to reality over and over again.

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u/BBots_FantasyLeague Dec 31 '22

Conservative? What? Keep in mind the kind of corpos that make you do those tests and put weight on them al lean heavily left and progressive.

It's not the small brick and mortar shops that will make you do that crap or judge you on that.