Comments on: Cheating on Employment Tests: Should We Be Concerned?

By: Maureen Sharib

Maureen Sharib — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:00:16 +0000

Hey, fight the man (I think that’s what you meant to say in your fury to establish a User Name):
I’m often angry but never late to work – where do I fit in?
;)

By: fight theman

fight theman — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:38:37 +0000

This test is UNETHICAL & RIDICULOUS. You don’t need to “cheat”….I mean, what idiot is going to say they are often angry or late to work? The test is completely see-through. It is also outright BIASED against perfectly competent introverts & intelligent people who are basically not robots. If you’re not a little conservative, goody two shoes, yacking, brainless twit then you won’t want to answer these tests honestly….

Different personalities make the world a better place, and having a bunch of drones working for you does NOT make a better business. These huge corporations are kidding themselves by depersonalizing the interview process. As a customer, I don’t see any difference with these businesses’ employees compared to how they were in the past, or compared to businesses who do not use such tests. As far as I am concerned, some of the questions on these tests are as prejudiced as hiring someone based on race or gender. It is most definitely unfair DISCRIMINATION.

Not to mention, 9 times out of 10, the businesses using these tests are minimum wage retail jobs. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This is not rocket science & they pay a pittance. They pay at or are barely above POVERTY levels of income. It’s disgusting how they make people jump through hoops for a job any idiot could do (it’s sooo hard to cashier & be nice to customers – UH HUH). As a professional, I don’t get administered any personality test on an interview, and I can make 3 times what these jobs pay….. They are so full of themselves.

And newsflash: NO ONE wants a “career” with these businesses. No one REALLY wants a minimum wage job at Best Buy or Lowe’s or Starbucks. No one over the age of 20 anyway…and those young people want those jobs because it’s all they are usually qualified for at their age. Other people want these jobs only because they NEED them. No one’s dream is to be a cashier….. In this economy, many people need any job they can just to eat & pay rent. It’s called SURVIVAL. You cannot afford to be picky about your job, but that means it’s an employer’s market and they can & will be picky – ridiculously picky to the point where it becomes outright prejudice & they are very possibly shooting themselves in the foot.

By: Nicholas McNelis

Nicholas McNelis — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:36:44 +0000

The Unicru test doesn’t work it fails to stop dishonest people and punishes the people who have been thoughtful and truthful. The test expects an extreme yes or no to all questions with no middle ground. For instance the test asked: “You are somewhat of a thrill-seeker”. The person being tested should answer, “Strongly agree”. On the other hand I’m not a sky diver, a bank robber, or a stunt man. So truthfully I would disagree. Does this make me a bad employee? Should they not hire me? I have failed the test four times.

I should be able to sue the people who wrote such a test because it fails to measure my real value has an employee. I have more than twelve years work history, more than three years community service, a long time member of the Tucson Go Club, and College student. I have more than seven letters of recommendation from my managers at my old jobs. I do not use drugs nor do I steal. When I took the Enneagram personality test it turned out that I am a type 2 personality (the Helper).

Because the test says that I should not be hired for a book store or Best Buy is it right? What useful information did the test provide? Please tell me why the failed test should keep me from getting a job.

Nick

By: Eric Mata

Eric Mata — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:16:06 +0000

In my opinion if you are able to figure out a personality test you should get extra consideration. A company spent a lot of money to have a test developed was cracked by someone who was paying attention to all the question which show attention to detail

By: Eric Mata

Eric Mata — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:07:18 +0000

In my opinion if you are able to figure out a personality test you should get extra consideration, because a test a company spent a lot of money to have developed was cracked by someone who was paying attention to each question which shows attention to detail

By: Rex Ryan

Rex Ryan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:49:11 +0000

I too read the WSJ article and was somewhat surprised to see that cheating on the test was a significant problem. It’s not that I found it unlikely that people would cheat on a personality test, but rather I found it surprising that people would care enough about the test not only to cheat on it but to create websites that attempt to heap scorn and derision on the test.

What might have appeared (to me anyway) to produce a minor irritation if one were to have failed the test, instead so incensed some of these folks that they appeared to make it of of their life’s missions to destroy it.

You also, in your conclusion, suggest that one way to improve testing would be to make them scenario-based and mimic the work environment and tasks. For those of us who are not Industrial/Organizational Psychologists, what would that look like?