Psychological/personality testing

[TsPoet]

I haven't heard of these types of assessments being conducted in the US in years. I would suspect they are illegal here.

[lo123]

I had to do the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator when I worked for the Federal government. It wasn't part of hiring, but after onboarding.

Best part of that? The group sessions that involved demonstrated examples of how different types interact or see things... I was basically called out as the anomaly (I'm an INTJ--NT being a largely male type), and asked how I liked being seen as a b*tch. fun times.

When my husband worked for one of the Bell companies, they started having a hiring personality screen. New hires had to meet a 'standard' set by HR types. Hubby is a computer programmer. They had to petition HR to change the standards for tech types because they couldn't find anyone who fit the standard and was qualified for the job.

[lo123]

I haven't heard of these types of assessments being conducted in the US in years. I would suspect they are illegal here.

psychological testing is still involved in Federal hiring in some areas. But that involves a real psychologist, not just some paper test.

[OakLeaf]

psychological testing is still involved in Federal hiring in some areas. But that involves a real psychologist, not just some paper test.

Real psychologists administer paper tests like the MBTI, MMPI, sentence completion, etc., etc., etc. Only psychologists are licensed to interpret the results.

I had to do MBTI on a job long ago, but as lo123 said, it was post-hire - part of an organizational retreat where we worked on team building.

[lo123]

Real psychologists administer paper tests like the MBTI, MMPI, sentence completion, etc., etc., etc. Only psychologists are licensed to interpret the results.

That makes sense.. Though in my experience, a lot of 'facilitators' interpret results. They have mostly been HR types.