I've never heard of any statistician position requiring a psychological
test. Even when I worked at the RAND Corporation, where the position
involved some degree of defense-related research, it was not required.
(Frankly, if a firm required such a test, I would take that as a sign
that it is not a place to consider working for.)
I would think that such tests present more problems that they solve.
For example, suppose a test suggests a person has a bipolar mental
disorder. Would that be grounds not to consider them? If so, might
the person have legal recourse, subce that psychiatric diagnosis might
legitimately be considered a medical disability.
IMHO, psychological tests in this case should not substitute for a
thorough interview and human judgment.
Just my .02 worth.
--
John Uebersax
In article <9211so$9kt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
T.S. Lim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> My apology for posting an off-topic message.
>
> I was wondering if it's a common practice in Statistics to require job
> applicants to take a psychological test. At the MS/PhD level (in the
> US), I don't think it's common. However, some companies ask job
> applicants to take a test like the GRE Quantitative one.
>
> By a psychological test, I mean a test that attempts to probe
> applicants' "personality". It actually consists of several tests that
> may include drawing tests.
>
> Any idea which field uses such tests? Thanks in advance for any
pointer.
>
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