Well over half the questions.
It was twenty pages of questions, many of them hypothetical, ten to twenty questions per page, depending on the complexity of the answer choices. I have taken several of these lately and I did not answer this one until I had read every question, in order to try to get the general drift of their philosophy. I have failed to qualify in several other cases and I suspect it was because I tried to be honest and portray my own needs and preferences in the answers.
This test, and one other whose company I have heard from, I tried to fool and it may have helped. I just don't know yet. I have only done this twice. All the rest of the personality profiles, I have answered honestly. (I just looked - I have put in nineteen applications, since June, and only two did not require any personality profiling)
Again, I may be jinxing myself. I'm sure glad I'm only lightly superstitious.
That, right there, is a huge part of it. I have been losing confidence with every smartassed twenty-something that rejected me, all the while, me knowing that I could do their bosses' jobs with no problems. I just don't get many chances to even prove that I'm smart enough to do their simple work. Fifty-ish really sucks in the job market.
I'm not like some guy getting a job, because his dad cut off his allowance, though. It's my son's and daughter's needs that are influencing me. A kid's simple needs seem to carry more weight than a dad's barking does.
I've never heard of these personality profile tests. What kind of work are you applying for that would require something like that??
Have you found a job yet?? You're prety talented in many areas, I'd imagine you could find a job doing most anything. Are you just looking for the RIGHT job?? I know what you mean about being able to do the job of people in charge of you.... happened to me a few times in the Marines.
