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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I had to laugh, well not laugh. I had a friend, he's been unemployed since June. He applied for a safety managers job, that he has all the qualifications and experiences for. He did the first interview with the recruiter. They sent him a test, that he had 35 minutes to complete.
The first section was a 135 question psychometric test. The second part was a 30 question math test. The third was a 30 question logic test.
I mean I get what recruiters and hiring agents are trying to do. Its filtration through test scores, its theoretical algorithmic processes. But, I go back to the fact that a lot of organizations have completely silly and out of control hiring processes. They've gone from interviewing candidates to math.
He was so incredibly frustrated when he talked to me, as a lot of you know, even getting interviews is incredibly hard because of the number of people not working, but I have a feeling that these companies are going to lose out on good candidates and hire a lot of counterfeit candidates who know how to game the tests and hiring processes.
I didn't even know what to tell my friend, he was talking like "whats the point of all of this and even applying". He's facing the double pressure, family pressures because he's not working, and his benefits will end I think in June. I helped him with his resume, which got him more interest and the interview, I helped hm with a mock interview, he did well enough in the interview to get to a obnoxious test that's a gate keeper for the recruiter.
What the hell does a math and logic test have to do with putting together and managing a safety program? How does that tell a manager in any way if this person has the skills, knowledge and behavior to do that job. Not everything breaks down to a score that you can punch into a spreadsheet.
Sorry for the rant.
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35 minutes for a 195 question test? They expect him to answer ~5.5 questions per minute?? Are they specifically looking to hire rain man?
Also, can you ask him for a copy of the test? I would love to try and see if I could even get close to completing it.