Most personality tests are bunk. Whenever I am an employer I always meet potential staff face to face. Using AI (non human) is a waste of time. Why employ someone you never met?

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
But the personality trait pages are dumb. Worse than the Myers Brigg test which is Woo.

I can understand that employers want certain personality traits and qualities, like professionalism, initiative, communication skills, agreeableness, conscientiousness.  But I don’t see how AI can dig those out.

Question:
Are there any legal repercussions to refusing to recognize Diplomas from certain states or schools? Say Oklahoma?
If the Department of Education should cease to exist, Who enforces that?

A few of the job aplications I’ve filled out in my day, had math questions to test your education.
If I was in the position to hire people, I’d include a few science questions. To test their education.
Selecting for education is legally not discrimination. Right?
I don’t care what they believe, but if they carelessly answer “6000 years” they are…[Read more]

I found the first 2 section Qts 1-17 easy and the Vocab section too. I collect unusual words. Jakelafort would ace it 🙂

But the personality trait pages are dumb. Worse than the Myers Brigg test which is Woo. If a HR person came up with that, they should be fired (from a cannon).  If fed to an AI to shortlist people for interview then that is…[Read more]

“Select the word below whose meaning is closest to: “smeke””
“argute, insouciant, eadness, coquetry, geason, ithand, inexorable,
For me the correct answer is “I have no clue. Never heard them before.” But I wasn’t given that choice.
I looked them up later, I got 3 right by guessing.
And one that I thought I knew, was wrong.
Select the word below…[Read more]