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What Sorts of Brain Teasers do You Use to Test Candidates - and Why?

posted by martyb on Friday October 05 2018, @03:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the boss-wants-to-see-how-you-handle-pressure? dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

I recently applied for a job in Silicon Valley.

The recruiter had me take a battery of tests that measured my verbal, mathematical and visual aptitude. I'd guess it was a mini-IQ test; it wasn't a mini-MMPI. As a result of the tests I was invited to interview onsite.

At the end of the interview the manager declared that he wanted me to take some tests.

His tests were brain teasers he had downloaded from a random website. The brain teasers had nothing to do with the work I was interviewing for. He seemed to ignore the battery of sophisticated tests I had been subjected to, and to believe that he could do better.

What is the REAL purpose of using brain teasers during an employment interview?

Is it just to make the candidate feel stupid? Are any of these people qualified to interpret the results? Are any of them industrial psychologists? Or is this all about power and control?

Please advise.

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  • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @05:30PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @05:30PM (#744711)

    You need to be explain to be able to talk about your work and your field. You don't need to be an extrovert, dumbass. Part of being a professional is sharing your ideas with your peers.

    I mean, otherwise all you're going to amount to is an autistic retard in his mom's basement modding some shit FPS game that nobody's heard of.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @05:50PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @05:50PM (#744723)

    Indeed, the OP even put the word extrovert in quotes.

    I wouldn't hire you; you seem incapable of abstract thought.

    • (Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @06:07PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @06:07PM (#744736)

      Why would I want to work for an autistic retard?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @08:55PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 05 2018, @08:55PM (#744793)

        That's one reason, any way.