Post by Andrew POWYS

Finally, a use for corporate bullshit - https://lnkd.in/e3ezdy3b via @FT Financial Times Pilita Clark #JobInterviews Shane Littrell, PhD "Companies continue to use versions of the #MyersBriggs personality test, even though there is very little data on how well the assessments measure personality and even less on how well they predict job performance. Some outfits require job candidates to undergo extensive psychological evaluations that include #Rorschach inkblot tests and drawing a person standing in the rain. A small drawing is an alleged sign of shyness. Rain shaped like teardrops supposedly suggests anxiety. Other firms have covertly checked on how well applicants treat reception desk staff when they arrive for an interview (Netflix) or deal with a waiter who mucks up a breakfast order (Charles Schwab). Earlier this year, Luis von Ahn, the boss of the Duolingo language app, said the group asked taxi drivers bringing a job candidate into the office for an interview to report on how the passenger behaved. One would-be chief financial officer who looked good on paper and had done well in interviews was rejected after he was mean to the driver, even though the company had been trying to fill the role for a year. When you’re trying to fill a staffing hole, it is “better to have a hole than an asshole”, von Ahn told a podcast."