There are lots of ways this can go wrong, and the sharp-edged headline prompts many of us to start thinking about misfires. The actual text of the story, though

There are lots of ways this can go wrong, and the sharp-edged headline prompts many of us to start thinking about misfires. The actual text of the story, though, focuses more on a desire to find people who are good at teamwork and higher-order thinking. That's not a bad idea. Wall Street attracts plenty of me-me-me people, who can be very high achievers -- at a price. They grate on clients; they grate on colleagues, and they seldom contribute to making the overall firm work more harmoniously. If Goldman thinks it's got a new way of finding more collegial people, that's interesting. Personality tests, like coding tests, run the gamut from ridiculous to somewhat useful. It would be interesting to know whether Goldman is building its own or using one of the off-the-shelf options.