https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 11 May 2026 16:22:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-218627 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:41:00 +0000 autumnlove 218627@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yikes, very crazy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-218614 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:35:33 +0000 Mrsbells 218614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very weird, I dont like questionnaires like that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-218609 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:33:33 +0000 ladyfingers 218609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is so weird! Did it have questions on there about whether you like to chop down trees? (I think that was one of the questions they asked him in "The Game" hehe) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-218300 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 10:03:08 +0000 mamimami 218300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@jedeve: Yes, I do think it's like a mind game because you start to think they're trying to trip you up or beat the system or something. And the repeated questions are so annoying. Like you forgot you already told them you had knowingly done something wrong 3 times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-218296 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:59:49 +0000 jedeve 218296@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sloaneandpuffy: Yeah, seriously! Some of them I figured were put in there to see if I was manipulating and lying on everything. Like: how many times have you swore in the past 2 years. The max was 16-20, and I was like "Ok, I'm sure it looks "bad" to pick the max - but it would definitely look like I was lying if I didn't!" </p> <p>The weird one to me was "how many times have you done something you knew was wrong" - all the time. If I thought I'd never done anything wrong I'd have a personality disorder. Also "how many times have you broken the law" - every time you don't signal when you turn or go a few miles over they speed limit you are breaking the law! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-218255 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 09:33:54 +0000 mamimami 218255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to take a test like that once (in the U.S.). I thought it was weird at the time, but actually, they're super popular in Mexico (where I now live). For almost every job you have to take one. Like @Honeybee says, it's a personality test/profile. They call it a psychometric exam.</p> <p>On the one I took, one question was, "Have you ever gotten so angry you wanted to break something?" I answered yes because I am painfully honest, but I didn't get an interview. But I mean, who doesn't at least WANT to break something once in awhile? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-218200 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:47:57 +0000 Alivoo01 218200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What in the world... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-218026 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:15:53 +0000 Honeybee 218026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's a personality test; they're used either when a) the company hiring gets a ton of applications so they can minimize turnover rates (like Sunglasses Hut or Best Buy) or b) it's a job that requires a very specific personality type (in this case, probably someone who is objective, reasoning, unemotional, etc...). There aren't any "right" answers, persay; it's more of an overall personality fit, they're looking for.</p> <p>Is it at U of M? Very cool opportunity! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-217970 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:26:36 +0000 mediagirl 217970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>That is so weird!! I have never seen an anything likethat! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-217959 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:18:49 +0000 Andrea 217959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Those job interivew questionnaires are so annoying! I've never heard of a question about being hung over though. That is funny! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-217945 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:08:36 +0000 jedeve 217945@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It's for not an awesome job, but a field interviewer for a study on drug use (so at least in my field. But not enough to warrant day care after baby comes!) </p> <p>It must've been some algorithm on how to screen out the crazy. There were a lot of questions like "Do you believe everyone steals from their employer?" I must've done OK - after I submitted it I was approved for an interview. I was just wondering if this was a new thing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-217910 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:19:41 +0000 Boogs 217910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow so crazy! Hope it's for a really good job! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-217907 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:17:09 +0000 mrbee 217907@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I'm hungover, I don't go to work... take that, questionnaire! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-217894 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 18:01:00 +0000 Rubies 217894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What the heck kind of job is this??? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/crazy-job-application#post-217886 Wed, 11 Jul 2012 17:40:02 +0000 jedeve 217886@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I'm applying for a job online, and I have to do this crazy 60 question questionnaire with things like</p> <p>In the last 24 months, how many times have you told a white lie?</p> <p>In the last 24 months, how many times have you done something you believe is wrong?</p> <p>mixed in with</p> <p>In the last 24 months, how many times have you gone to work so hungover you cannot function?</p> <p>WTF??? I tell my mom "I'm sure everything will be alright" all the time, and that's a white lie. I missed mass a few times, which I believe is wrong, but there's no way to explain that on a multiple choice questionnaire! But I also think it would be sketch to put zero for everything too. </p>