HR made me take a personality test...

[Ultralight]

Turns out I am a "very dominant and critical personality." haha

[iris lilies]

Turns out I am a "very dominant and critical personality." haha

Made you take this? Whatever for?

im sure there were other results as well.

[Ultralight]

Made you take this? Whatever for?

im sure there were other results as well.

I am not entirely sure why they made me take it. They made everyone in my department take it. Everyone knows my results -- HR, bosses, coworkers.

There was one other person with a dominant personality, but she did not also come up critical. She came up as "influential."

Mine was all dominant and critical.

[iris lilies]

Would you like to change, to be dominant and influential?

[Ultralight]

Would you like to change, to be dominant and influential?

I'd rather just go back to not having taken the test and no one being any wiser.

[JaneV2.0]

I'm pretty sure your results came as no surprise to your co-workers.

[iris lilies]

Im guessing it was the DISC test.

In it, "Dominant" means " determined, decisive, independent, persistant, direct, focuses n goals not on people."

these are not bad thngs.

[Ultralight]

I'm pretty sure your results came as no surprise to your co-workers.

LOL

[rodeosweetheart]

They made my department take the Myers Briggs one time and 7 out of 8 of us came back as introverts.

Two of us, who shared an office, were INFJ, which is supposed to be rare, but a bunch of us on SL are INFJ.

I did not like that we all had to take the test; it seemed wrong somehow.

[JaneV2.0]

They made my department take the Myers Briggs one time and 7 out of 8 of us came back as introverts.

Two of us, who shared an office, were INFJ, which is supposed to be rare, but a bunch of us on SL are INFJ.

I did not like that we all had to take the test; it seemed wrong somehow.

During one of my employer's downsizing events, they gave us all a bunch of employment-type screening tests. Mostly what I learned was that I should never, ever be a pediatric nurse. (No s*, Sherlock! .) They also gave us the Myers-Briggs test. As I remember, the few women in my job classification, without exception, scored IN-something or other. That was no surprise either. What was a surprise was their suggestion of good job match for me: standup comedian. Yeah, there's a lucrative field. Where's that rolling on the floor emoji when you need it? I survived that and subsequent downsizings. A pity, because by that time, my severance package, the downsizing bonus, and my retirement would have made a handsome golden handshake.

Prior to a mercifully brief stint in retail, I also had to take a pre-employment test. It seemed to ask thousands of questions, many of them the same ones, designed to trip up liars, I guess. At any rate, I must have scored admirably, because the two departments they offered me were children's clothing (patience, I suppose) and fine jewelry (honesty, no doubt). Naturally, I jumped at jewelry (see pediatric nurse reference ) I lasted some four months, until a big promotion came through at my primary job.