I worked for a small pharmacy for two years as a cashier and doing a little bit of work in the pharmacy. Dealing with people who need medications and insurance problems is definitely an interesting experience.
Since it was a small store my interview pretty much consisted of “when can you start?”, they really needed people.
I am wary of these personality tests, but who am I to question their hiring process? The last question did make me laugh a little “It is so annoying when…” gosh like totally!
Seemss like questionaires are designed for the people who write them rather than the people who answer them. when I get one I ask myself, “What does this person really want for an answer since the question never quite fits my thinking.
I’ve worked my share of retail, the most recent time in a bookstore…
Have you read Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickled and Dimed? This questionnaire strikes me as an exhibit that could be there… It seems to me it is less about finding the right candidate than testing for submission, not to mention to communicate to prospective employees that their status will be something less than entirely human.
I’ve read this a few times; too funny! In my college psych classes, we studied about the MMPI, basically, “how to find out if the applicant has a personality disorder.” At one of my jobs, the whole staff had to take the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, which reveals one’s preferences. Great for self-revelation and siginficiant relationships, but at work, it seemed to be used more as a weapon (it’s because she’s THAT way).
I worked for a small pharmacy for two years as a cashier and doing a little bit of work in the pharmacy. Dealing with people who need medications and insurance problems is definitely an interesting experience.
Since it was a small store my interview pretty much consisted of “when can you start?”, they really needed people.
I am wary of these personality tests, but who am I to question their hiring process? The last question did make me laugh a little “It is so annoying when…” gosh like totally!
Seemss like questionaires are designed for the people who write them rather than the people who answer them. when I get one I ask myself, “What does this person really want for an answer since the question never quite fits my thinking.
I’ve worked my share of retail, the most recent time in a bookstore…
Have you read Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickled and Dimed? This questionnaire strikes me as an exhibit that could be there… It seems to me it is less about finding the right candidate than testing for submission, not to mention to communicate to prospective employees that their status will be something less than entirely human.
I’ve read this a few times; too funny! In my college psych classes, we studied about the MMPI, basically, “how to find out if the applicant has a personality disorder.” At one of my jobs, the whole staff had to take the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, which reveals one’s preferences. Great for self-revelation and siginficiant relationships, but at work, it seemed to be used more as a weapon (it’s because she’s THAT way).