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There's no right or wrong answer? Who are these people kidding? Some of these questions, like "My friends say I am easily angered" or "I feel bad for criminals when they are caught" or "If my friends steal from work, it's not my problem"?.....But yet they have the nerve to say this?
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But yet, again, there is no right or wrong answer?
If there are posters outside of the USA, do they have these in your country?
I believe these, unless it's say, a position that may ask questions about sales aptitude or if you're trying to be in law enforcement....are almost treasonous....when companies like Wal Mart give them for a 9.00 an hour job?.....America is falling apart....really.
They're nothing new, just a recycling of an old ploy. I remember having to complete a couple of similar tests in the 70s/80s when applying for jobs. I thought they were daft then and my opinion hasn't changed.
I've had to do a couple of those sorts of tests when applying to bigger/American-owned companies over here. If I remember rightly it was the same test you'd get over there, American spellings and all - complete pain in the arse and gives far less indication of how good you'd actually be at the job than even a two-minute face-to-face interview. Makes me glad to work for a small company which doesn't do all the false corporate HR crap.
It certainly can be difficult to find a job here with useless recruitment agencies /stupidly complicated and lengthy hiring procedures and even the most menial job still having 200+ applicants, but if what I've read on these boards is accurate of the US then it still sounds easier or at least less complicated than over there - no drug testing/no affirmative action/no at-will employment laws/job-related health insurance being a non-issue.
I've had to do a couple of those sorts of tests when applying to bigger/American-owned companies over here. If I remember rightly it was the same test you'd get over there, American spellings and all - complete pain in the arse and gives far less indication of how good you'd actually be at the job than even a two-minute face-to-face interview. Makes me glad to work for a small company which doesn't do all the false corporate HR crap.
It certainly can be difficult to find a job here with useless recruitment agencies /stupidly complicated and lengthy hiring procedures and even the most menial job still having 200+ applicants, but if what I've read on these boards is accurate of the US then it still sounds easier or at least less complicated than over there - no drug testing/no affirmative action/no at-will employment laws/job-related health insurance being a non-issue.
Ben 86: How is the London job market? I want to move there and am currently in the U.S. I am a young college student so maybe i will try and go to a university in London I wonder if applying for jobs in london would be hard?
OP: I dont think they serve any other purpose than weeding out job seekers, i can apply to 20 jobs a day. When i see one with a questions like these i usually skip that job and apply for a different one.
Ben 86: How is the London job market? I want to move there and am currently in the U.S. I am a young college student so maybe i will try and go to a university in London I wonder if applying for jobs in london would be hard?
OP: I dont think they serve any other purpose than weeding out job seekers, i can apply to 20 jobs a day. When i see one with a questions like these i usually skip that job and apply for a different one.
Unless you have joint citizenship with a European country then it's pretty much impossible for somebody in your position to get a proper job here. If you come here as a student you could work up to ten hours a week (I think) but for a full-time job basically an employer would have to prove that there was nobody in Europe who could do what you can do. Most Americans who work here start out in an American company and get transferred over, either that or come via marriage.
They actaully are put together by phycologist and you would be surprised now good they work. they are full of silly questions on purpose but those are not the one they are really intersted in.
Ben 86: How is the London job market? I want to move there and am currently in the U.S. I am a young college student so maybe i will try and go to a university in London I wonder if applying for jobs in london would be hard?
You can start your research into immigration into the UK right here:
OP: I dont think they serve any other purpose than weeding out job seekers, i can apply to 20 jobs a day. When i see one with a questions like these i usually skip that job and apply for a different one.
I don't disagree with the first part, especially at companies hiring retail type positions where they can get a swarm of applications for a small number of slots. Most companies in this position need to do something to cut down the pool of applicants to a more manageable number.
20 jobs per day? I assume that means just sending your resume to 20 companies on line in a single day? Many people do this type of mass application (as opposed to taking the time to tailor their resume for each individual position being applied for), hence the large volume of applicants that need to be weeded out.
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I wonder if applying for jobs in london would be hard? 
