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Previously on "psychometric testing"

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  • unemployed
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    Originally posted by Jubber View Post
    Is that a Standard and Poor's assesment
    Hbos assesment , guess that could mean anything really

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  • Jubber
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    Originally posted by unemployed View Post
    AAA rating for me
    Is that a Standard and Poor's assesment

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  • Mich the Tester
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    Originally posted by Jubber View Post
    Credit check? That stumps a lot more people than you may think.
    Mine's better than ClientCo.

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  • unemployed
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    Originally posted by Jubber View Post
    Credit check? That stumps a lot more people than you may think.
    AAA rating for me

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  • Jubber
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    Credit check? That stumps a lot more people than you may think.

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  • unemployed
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    Originally posted by denver2k View Post
    Then HR interview (which may matter at some places) then 2-3 weeks security checks ....then you able to get a Permie role....only to get a redundancy some time soon...
    What a pretty picture you paint

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  • thelace
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    I always answer them giving the results they want to hear....

    On jobs where they want safe and steady, those are the answers I give, on jobs they want a risk taker, etc, etc.

    In other words, they mean nothing, I've never heard of anybody not getting o job because they've "failed" it, so it sort of makes the whole thing a waste of time in my book.

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  • denver2k
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    Originally posted by unemployed View Post
    The whole interview process has been unusual.

    Telephone interview , then face to face , then the psycho test ,then technical test ,and then a further final interview
    Then HR interview (which may matter at some places) then 2-3 weeks security checks ....then you able to get a Permie role....only to get a redundancy some time soon...

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  • unemployed
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    Originally posted by kevlong View Post
    Slightly unusual at the later stages of recruitment. These tend to be run earlier on to refine the initial interview lists. There are lots of types of profiling, but they all tend to be based on Yongian theories. Myers Briggs and Verax are tow that come to mind.


    Kevlong
    The whole interview process has been unusual.

    Telephone interview , then face to face , then the psycho test ,then technical test ,and then a further final interview

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  • NotAllThere
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    Originally posted by kevlong View Post
    Slightly unusual at the later stages of recruitment. These tend to be run earlier on to refine the initial interview lists. There are lots of types of profiling, but they all tend to be based on Yongian theories. Myers Briggs and Verax are tow that come to mind.


    Kevlong
    Jungian

    When we studied such things, as part of training to be a manager (having been doing the role for two years ) it was stressed again and again that they should never be used for selection, as they only indicate tendencies. So, in MBTi, someone with strongly Inituitive results can, nonetheless, still learn how to work Logically.

    It's main role should be for self-understanding, and to identify, perhaps, areas for training. It helps in understanding team dynamics. But not really in constructing a team.

    If it's being done at the final stages, then I'd suspect that it really isn't to do with selection.
    Last edited by NotAllThere; 10 March 2009, 12:42.

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  • kevlong
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    Slightly unusual at the later stages of recruitment. These tend to be run earlier on to refine the initial interview lists. There are lots of types of profiling, but they all tend to be based on Yongian theories. Myers Briggs and Verax are tow that come to mind.


    Kevlong

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  • Torran
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    Originally posted by zara_backdog View Post
    Normally had these done early on in the interview stage - they just say I'm a woman

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  • zara_backdog
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    Normally had these done early on in the interview stage - they just say I'm a bossy cow who loves praise.

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  • unemployed
    started a topic psychometric testing

    psychometric testing

    Anyone had to do one of these at final interview stage ?

    Role in question is a perm placement.

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