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They weren't filtering people based on MBTI. MBTI is quite commonly used to characterize what types of jobs an individual might take on. If you understand a p
by toomim 5y ago
They weren't filtering people based on MBTI.
MBTI is quite commonly used to characterize what types of jobs an individual might take on. If you understand a person's personality, it gives you a way of imagining how you might work with them. It's also popularly used in romantic dating, for the same reason.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> MBTI is quite commonly used to characterize what types of jobs an individual might take on. If you understand a person's personality ...it's not through MBTI.
- paxys 5y agoIf you put "are you pregnant?" as a required field on a job application and then say "oh we were just using it to know to get you a gift!", you really think anyone is buying it?
- toomim 5y agoPerhaps you've never interviewed someone. I am an employer. When I interview job candidates, I ask them about their lives, about their day, where they grew up, and lots of questions because I am starting a relationship with them. The interview is not just a place to filter employees. It's also where you begin a relationship with them. You are envisioning how you might employ them. What kind of work could they do? Could they work well with John and Alice? How does it feel to talk to them? Do they like it when I'm direct, or when I speak softly? I'm sorry that you've had such a cynical view on hiring, but the reality is that, yes, employers do use MBTI to get a richer understanding of their candidates. Here are some additional examples for you: https://www.talentinsights.com/blog/using-myers-briggs-in-hiring-decisions/ https://www.talentinsights.com/blog/using-myers-briggs-in-hi...
- ryanmcbride 5y agoI would love if an interviewer asked for my meyer's briggs type because I'd know right away that the interview is a waste of time.
- effingwewt 5y agoIndeed, you may as well ask me to take an astrology compatibility test. Or tell me next Wednesday would be a more auspicious day to start.
- Apocryphon 5y agoA good way to reduce someone to a 2-D archetype, complete with preconceptions of who they are and how they behave, rather than interacting with them, encountering them, experiencing them in person. Applying Taylorist techniques on souls. That sounds exactly like the thinking of a VC to me.
- ksec 5y agoI agree to a certain point but I think this view is going to be politically incorrect on HN. Personally I hate MBTI, not the test itself but the industry using it as the "sole" tools and main tools to access candidate. i.e If you dont fit type X in the test they are not good for the job. For some strange reason it is heavily used in luxury goods industry. I still maintain that good hiring is 90% gut feeling.