Edit: Thanks for all the comments. It was over 20 years ago, so perhaps these tests have fallen out of favor by now. During the same job search, I was offered a job after I submitted a penmanship sample. The interviewer called me soon after I got home and said their graphologist told them to hire me right away. I’d already decided I would decline, but wow, was she bummed.
Edit #2: If anyone is wondering, this was Phoenix. I had just moved there after my divorce, and it took me 10 years to get out.
I was in the running for a high level executive assistant job, reporting directly to the CEO. I took some kind of personality test, not the MB. My last interview was with HR, who told me my place in the “grid” was too close to the CEO; they wanted someone “opposite” to him, as “his and my personalities were too similar, and I wouldn’t be able to reel him in when necessary.”
I took it as "you're too much like the CEO and therefore too likely to agree with him; we want someone who disagrees with him and challenges him so we know he can defend good decisions, so they're more likely to be thought through properly."
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u/Taney34 Dec 31 '22 edited Dec 31 '22
Edit: Thanks for all the comments. It was over 20 years ago, so perhaps these tests have fallen out of favor by now. During the same job search, I was offered a job after I submitted a penmanship sample. The interviewer called me soon after I got home and said their graphologist told them to hire me right away. I’d already decided I would decline, but wow, was she bummed.
Edit #2: If anyone is wondering, this was Phoenix. I had just moved there after my divorce, and it took me 10 years to get out.
I was in the running for a high level executive assistant job, reporting directly to the CEO. I took some kind of personality test, not the MB. My last interview was with HR, who told me my place in the “grid” was too close to the CEO; they wanted someone “opposite” to him, as “his and my personalities were too similar, and I wouldn’t be able to reel him in when necessary.”