Comment by tapland
5 hours ago
I passed a series of those and since I remembered the questions from a relatives autism diagnosis testing I asked what they do since they are effectively filtering for things like that.
HR rep said those applicants should probably go see a shrink instead (!!???) and that was the end of me interviewing there.
The testing needs to end. The people using these tools don't know how they work, what they are testing and what blanket denials of personality types really means.
Wait, they’re filtering out autistic traits or looking for them in candidates?
Filtering out is my guess.
About 20 years ago, I remember getting my hands on an answer key for the personality screener used to work at Target. This was just for a $7/hr cashier position, but it had a very low pass rate. To them, the ideal candidate for them was: always positive and optimistic, preferred being around people than being alone, never complained, frequently sought approval from peers and authorities, always followed every rule no matter what.
So it wasn't explicitly designed against people with disabilities, the rule-following aspect may be more present in autistic people - but for a lot of these, I can't see many people passing if they answered honestly.
You don't see how a customer facing position in a retail chain would reasonably want all these personality traits in their hires as a matter of operating a good business?
> I can't see many people passing if they answered honestly.
You're not supposed to answer honestly, you're supposed to answer in such a way as to convince them to hire you.