I applied to work part time nights and weekends at Macy's, Bloomingdales, and Nordstrom. They all have this 150-question multiple choice online personality test/questionnaire that takes longer to complete than applying for CEO would. You guys should check them out--go to the respective websites and click careers and pretend you are applying for a job and then go through the multiple choice test. It's really something. It's all statements that you have to indicate if you agree strongly, somewhat, disagree somewhat, disagree strongly. You can always cancel it before you submit it and make up bogus personal information just to get to the next screen.
Anyway, if I were truly honest they might not want to interview me. So I basically lied in some cases. There is absolutely no way they can verify anything. It's all the honor system. It's actually pretty stupid. So in this situation is it better to lie and tell them what they want to hear or be honest and risk not getting the job? Parents wonder why kids lie, apparently. I don't. Kids and adults lie to either not get into trouble or to make themselves sound better than they are, I would think. I don't really think they get any insight from this questionnaire--people can make up whatever they want. Ask someone to answer in person in their own words what they would do in a certain situation and you might get some useful information. Sorry to ramble but the whole thing was very stressful and they probably aren't really hiring anyway. Just wondering what you guys would do when faced with this situation.
