<story><title>I applied for a software role at FedEx and was asked to take a personality test</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1ap1345/i_applied_for_a_software_role_at_fedex_and_was/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>squeaky-clean</author><text>I interviewed at Burger King in college, the manager told me I was the only applicant in their system to get above 80% on the personality test. It was incredibly easy things like, &amp;quot;How many minutes are acceptable to show up late for your shift? 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, being late is unacceptable&amp;quot;. Or &amp;quot;If you knew there were no cameras able to see you, and no other employees around, how much money is okay to take from the register? $1, $5, $20, any amount is unacceptable&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;He said something along the lines of &amp;quot;I know some employees are going to try to steal from the register, but why would they admit that in an interview?</text></item><item><author>vundercind</author><text>I’m convinced most use of these is actually testing for:&lt;p&gt;1) bright enough to answer to achieve just about any desired outcome (usually not a high bar),&lt;p&gt;2) socially&amp;#x2F;politically aware enough to realize which outcomes will be good, and which will be bad; and,&lt;p&gt;3) agreeable&amp;#x2F;compliant enough to go ahead and game the quiz to achieve a good outcome without raising a fuss.</text></item><item><author>niceice</author><text>You can take it here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fedexdataworksprod.traitify.com&amp;#x2F;assessment&amp;#x2F;31449c4a-2abe-42d1-b96c-38403abc5b23?survey_type=PERSONALITY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fedexdataworksprod.traitify.com&amp;#x2F;assessment&amp;#x2F;31449c4a-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each one has a title like  &amp;quot;Starter Not a Finisher&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Frequently Change My Mind&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Always Wonder Why&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Easily Offended&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Art Isn&amp;#x27;t My Thing&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Unstoppable&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Make Friends Everywhere&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Good Enough&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Not My Job&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Tend to Feel Sad&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Volunteering&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Believe the Best of People&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Hard to Start a New Task&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Loves the Social Scene&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Chats in Elevators&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Natural Leader&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Sometimes Thoughtless&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>kemayo</author><text>I took one once (at iZod, I think), which included some tripwire questions. The manager said afterwards that e.g. if you saw &amp;quot;a customer left $0.02 in change on the counter when they left the store, what do you do?&amp;quot; and you picked &amp;quot;I chase them down the block to give it back&amp;quot;, that&amp;#x27;s a sign that you&amp;#x27;re bullshitting the questions too hard.</text></comment>
<story><title>I applied for a software role at FedEx and was asked to take a personality test</title><url>https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/1ap1345/i_applied_for_a_software_role_at_fedex_and_was/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>squeaky-clean</author><text>I interviewed at Burger King in college, the manager told me I was the only applicant in their system to get above 80% on the personality test. It was incredibly easy things like, &amp;quot;How many minutes are acceptable to show up late for your shift? 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, being late is unacceptable&amp;quot;. Or &amp;quot;If you knew there were no cameras able to see you, and no other employees around, how much money is okay to take from the register? $1, $5, $20, any amount is unacceptable&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;He said something along the lines of &amp;quot;I know some employees are going to try to steal from the register, but why would they admit that in an interview?</text></item><item><author>vundercind</author><text>I’m convinced most use of these is actually testing for:&lt;p&gt;1) bright enough to answer to achieve just about any desired outcome (usually not a high bar),&lt;p&gt;2) socially&amp;#x2F;politically aware enough to realize which outcomes will be good, and which will be bad; and,&lt;p&gt;3) agreeable&amp;#x2F;compliant enough to go ahead and game the quiz to achieve a good outcome without raising a fuss.</text></item><item><author>niceice</author><text>You can take it here: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fedexdataworksprod.traitify.com&amp;#x2F;assessment&amp;#x2F;31449c4a-2abe-42d1-b96c-38403abc5b23?survey_type=PERSONALITY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;fedexdataworksprod.traitify.com&amp;#x2F;assessment&amp;#x2F;31449c4a-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Each one has a title like  &amp;quot;Starter Not a Finisher&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Frequently Change My Mind&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Always Wonder Why&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Easily Offended&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Art Isn&amp;#x27;t My Thing&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Unstoppable&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Make Friends Everywhere&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Good Enough&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Not My Job&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Tend to Feel Sad&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Volunteering&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Believe the Best of People&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Hard to Start a New Task&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Loves the Social Scene&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Chats in Elevators&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Natural Leader&amp;quot;, &amp;quot;Sometimes Thoughtless&amp;quot;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>strictnein</author><text>In college I worked at Circuit City selling computers. Lots of similar questions. &amp;quot;Is it okay to take display merchandise if others are doing it?&amp;quot; type stuff. Definitely weeds out some people I guess.</text></comment>