“The questions are twisty and these small circles are no good.”
A client told me this after a painfully long and less than perfect explanation. I agree.
Online personality assessments are a nightmare.
Until now, I’ve never found anything that really helped me figure out how to explain them (or even get them “right”, myself).
Confession time. A colleague had to make me a cheat sheet because I couldn’t help my clients pass the online Walmart questionnaire.
A recent article in businessinsider.com goes into the psychology behind seven common personality assessment questions, including this one:
“I’d rather do things quickly than perfectly.”
The article explains why the “right answer” to this question might be different depending on the job in question and explains the relationship between the questions and common soft skills valued in the U.S. workplace.
Use of personality assessments is increasing. Clients will face these questions throughout their working lives. Helping them begin to understand them is a fundamental in job readiness preparation.
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