I just remembered a specific example where I said what I thought they wanted to hear rather than what I really thought--it asks if I regret decisions I made in the past or something like that. Well, yes, as a matter of fact I do. But what did I tell them? No of course not. I have no regrets whatsoever. (Does anyone truly have no regrets? If so I have yet to meet them.)
--- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. >
