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Is it simple to guess? I always assumed if you went too hard with those answers they'd assume you were lying and reject you. Maybe this is why I never got the

Is it simple to guess? I always assumed if you went too hard with those answers they'd assume you were lying and reject you. Maybe this is why I never got the mcdonalds call back last time I was layed off.

latentsea 1y ago
I too was rejected from McDonald's.
- cebert 1y ago
  My wife is incredibly intelligent. She has a master’s degree and is working on her doctorate (definitely smarter than me). I still laugh about how, 12 years ago, she got rejected from a summer clerk job at a grocery store because she failed the online personality test. If anything, she was wildly overqualified. That store definitely missed out.
  - Incipient 1y ago
    Apologies for the nitpick, but being rejected for personality is (essentially) mutually exclusive from (over)qualification.
    - seemaze 1y ago
      Pedants unite!
  - giingyui 1y ago
    I’m surprised at your comment. I really doubt a person with a high level of intelligence is a good match for a grocery clerk job. That is one of the reasons the personality tests exist.
    - RandomBacon 1y ago
      I was a cashier once. I caught a lot of scams that I feel like my coworkers would not have. I was second in the nation one month in this chain at upselling at the register. My cash drawer was balanced within a few cents each shift. I checked out more customers per shift than my coworkers. I worked there for about 8 months until I got a job that I was much more qualified for. I lasted longer than others, but not longer than my team leads. Maybe people with higher levels of intelligence don't last as long until they get a better job, but I think they're pretty valuable for the time they are there. I think that most entry-level stores are shortsighted for ignoring those applicants.
- _moof 1y ago
  Best Buy for me.
Telemakhos 1y ago
Where's the line between "lying to pass a test" and "fitting in to a community?" Is there not some element of functioning well with other people as a group that requires us to repress certain individual desires and traits for the good of achieving a common goal? Nobody actually likes working fast food, but customers feel better when employees act less surly and more complacent.

latentsea 1y ago

I too was rejected from McDonald's.

cebert 1y ago
My wife is incredibly intelligent. She has a master’s degree and is working on her doctorate (definitely smarter than me). I still laugh about how, 12 years ago, she got rejected from a summer clerk job at a grocery store because she failed the online personality test. If anything, she was wildly overqualified. That store definitely missed out.
- Incipient 1y ago
  Apologies for the nitpick, but being rejected for personality is (essentially) mutually exclusive from (over)qualification.
  - seemaze 1y ago
    Pedants unite!
- giingyui 1y ago
  I’m surprised at your comment. I really doubt a person with a high level of intelligence is a good match for a grocery clerk job. That is one of the reasons the personality tests exist.
  - RandomBacon 1y ago
    I was a cashier once. I caught a lot of scams that I feel like my coworkers would not have. I was second in the nation one month in this chain at upselling at the register. My cash drawer was balanced within a few cents each shift. I checked out more customers per shift than my coworkers. I worked there for about 8 months until I got a job that I was much more qualified for. I lasted longer than others, but not longer than my team leads. Maybe people with higher levels of intelligence don't last as long until they get a better job, but I think they're pretty valuable for the time they are there. I think that most entry-level stores are shortsighted for ignoring those applicants.
_moof 1y ago
Best Buy for me.

Telemakhos 1y ago

Where's the line between "lying to pass a test" and "fitting in to a community?" Is there not some element of functioning well with other people as a group that requires us to repress certain individual desires and traits for the good of achieving a common goal? Nobody actually likes working fast food, but customers feel better when employees act less surly and more complacent.