# F U C K Y O U personality test!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 27, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670 "2007-06-27T18:44:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/1 "2007-06-27T18:44:01Z")
Ok so I had a job interview yesterday at a restaurant that I didn’t really want to work at but I need a job badly. I had to fill out one of those personality tests with the great questions of our time like “Do you walk up stairs one or two at a time?” and when I called the manager back today he told me I failed the test so I couldn’t be hired. WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT! What the fuck does that test prove that I don’t have a personality or something. I mean dear god what the fuck? And to top off my day I can’t find my god damn fucking shitty ass wallet. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/2 "2007-06-27T18:52:20Z")
You don’t want to work for anyone who’s not competent enough to conduct an actual human job interview. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/3 "2007-06-27T18:55:41Z")
[QUOTE=pool] …when I called the manager back today he told me I failed the test so I couldn’t be hired. [/QUOTE] I’d say they failed the employer test and that you just dodged a bullet. Chin up & keep looking; there are good employers out there. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/4 "2007-06-27T18:57:25Z")
[QUOTE=pool] “Do you walk up stairs one or two at a time?” [/QUOTE] ?!?!?! What on earth is this supposed to reveal? And how to you “fail” a personality test? Jeez - it sounds like you’re lucky you didn’t get this job! ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/5 "2007-06-27T19:12:25Z")
I sure wouldn’t want to work with someone who walks up stairs in an irregular manner. You wrong-stair-climbing freak. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/6 "2007-06-27T19:14:06Z")
[QUOTE=alice\_in\_wonderland] ?!?!?! What on earth is this supposed to reveal? [/quote] At a guess, how lazy you are. If you take them one at a time you’re obviously not in a great hurry to get anything done, thus you’re a lazy asshole. That’s my armchair psychoanalysis anyway. I’ve taken several of these and they’re complete BS. I mean, how do you answer a question like, “You find $50 on the ground outside. Do you try and find its owner?” You just know that you are expected to answer “yes” because you’re an honest fellow, aren’t you? But really, what do you think would happen if you tried? Out of 100 people you ask randomly on a busy city street, how many are going to say, “Why no, I didn’t drop that $50 bill, but I hope you find the person that did!” :rolleyes: > [@](#): > > And how to you “fail” a personality test? I’ve met a few people who had no personality… ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/7 "2007-06-27T19:22:58Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] I sure wouldn’t want to work with someone who walks up stairs in an irregular manner. You wrong-stair-climbing freak. [/QUOTE] Probably has a silly walk, too. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/8 "2007-06-27T19:39:13Z")
It’s more of an IQ test, IMHO. After a few questions, you should be able to figure out what kind of answers they want, and except for a few harmless deviations, use those. Many of the personality tests assays your honesty with questions like “Is it OK to steal if you really need it?”. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/9 "2007-06-27T19:39:33Z")
It seems like you have some anger issues to sort out. Maybe that’s why you failed the test? ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/10 "2007-06-27T19:42:31Z")
All I can say is, I thought I’d gone through a lot of stupid crap in my day in pursuit of a job, but God! I’ve never been asked how I climb stairs. Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/11 "2007-06-27T19:42:46Z")
I answered the questions the way I thought they wanted them answered. Do I like talking to people? Yes, Do you feel tired all the time? No, Do you mind following rules? No, I’ve taken these tests for jobs before and gotten the job I don’t know what to think. I wonder if maybe it was because I changed an answer and you aren’t supposed to but I didn’t realize that till I finished. Yeah I’m angry because a piece of paper cost me a fucking job. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/12 "2007-06-27T19:52:14Z")
[QUOTE=pool] I’m angry because a piece of paper cost me a fucking job. [/QUOTE] Hmmm, sounds like you’re unclear what sort of jobs they have at restaurants. I believe you’ve mistaken it for a bordello. ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/13 "2007-06-27T19:57:05Z")
Maybe you didn’t have enough “flair”? ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/14 "2007-06-27T20:02:52Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **ShibbOleth** > Maybe you didn’t have enough “flair”? You know the Nazis had pieces of flair they made the Jews wear. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/15 "2007-06-27T20:05:29Z")
That’s nothing, one of the questions I had on an “aptitude” test was, “Do you sometimes have black, tarry stools?” Yes, quite often\*, but I save time by not wiping my ass and climbing stairs 2 at a time. \*Not really ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/16 "2007-06-27T20:11:38Z")
[QUOTE=pool] Ok so I had a job interview yesterday at a restaurant that I didn’t really want to work at but I need a job badly. I had to fill out one of those personality tests with the great questions of our time like “Do you walk up stairs one or two at a time?” and when I called the manager back today he told me I failed the test so I couldn’t be hired. WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT! What the fuck does that test prove that I don’t have a personality or something. I mean dear god what the fuck? And to top off my day I can’t find my god damn fucking shitty ass wallet. [/QUOTE] Maybe you’re just not cut out to work at Smiley’s Good Karma Grill. ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/17 "2007-06-27T20:12:54Z")
[QUOTE=pool] And to top off my day I can’t find my god damn fucking shitty ass wallet. [/QUOTE] :rolleyes: It fell out when you took the stairs two at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Boggette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@Boggette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boggette)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/18 "2007-06-27T20:20:36Z")
On a more serious note, the manager probably hired a friend instead of you and used the test as a convenient excuse. ---
**Author:** ![Yag\_Rannavach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/858c86/32.png) [@Yag\_Rannavach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yag_Rannavach)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/19 "2007-06-27T20:30:04Z")
[QUOTE=Mindfield] Out of 100 people you ask randomly on a busy city street, how many are going to say, “Why no, I didn’t drop that $50 bill, but I hope you find the person that did!” [/QUOTE] As a side note, I’ve actually had something close to this happen…asked someone whether or not money(roughly $50) they were standing on was theirs, and their response was “No, let’s split it” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2007, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670/20 "2007-06-27T20:34:17Z")
For future reference, the correct answer is that you take one step the first time, then two the second, then four the third, and so on, doubling your steps each time. By doing so, in only 30 strides you’ll have climbed over a million steps. That’s the kind of go-getter attitude employers are looking for. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-u-c-k-y-o-u-personality-test/409670.md?page=2)