Just wrote a multiple hr. long personality/psychological test for a job I've applied.

I've written other tests, usually they have been 1-3 situational questions, sometimes with 1-2 technical questions and very much tied to the required job skills. All of this on top of verbal/face-to-face interviews with an interviewing panel. Nothing new ..to me.

But this time for a job application....is first time in um...1/4 century I've written such an extensive test to assess my psychological profile. It was administered by a pyschological assessment firm. Must have been over 60 questions with multiple choice formats. In the past, I've written a language fluency test for French which was several hrs. long and totally different. (This is required for some federal Canadian govn't jobs.)

Feels like a minor marathon self-exam of my own personal motives, tendencies, habits and whatever.