RE: writing tests are for wussies...

Subject: RE: writing tests are for wussies...
From: Mike -dot- D -dot- Wiethorn -at- mortgage -dot- wellsFargo -dot- COM
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 08:43:02 -0500


I took one of those pre-employment personality tests, too. It had questions
such as "Do you like kittens?". If you said "Yes," you were viewed as soft
and weak. If you said "No," you were viewed as cruel but ideal for a
corporate setting.



> During my blue-collar days, I once had to take a lengthy "personality
> test" that asked lots of questions about the morality of stealing from
> your employer, and found no less than three different ways to ask if it
> was ever okay to HIT a coworker. Despite what I thought were some very
> pacifistic answers on my part, I never got a callback. But I was a little
> relieved, even though I needed the work. It didn't sound like the safest
> place to work.
>
> When I worked on cruise ships I had to undergo a lengthy physical exam
> prior to signing on each vessel, as all crew members were required to be
> "able bodied seamen," regardless of their job. You can't board the Love
> Boat until you turn your head and cough.
>
>
> -Keith Cronin
> __________________________
>

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