# How well can you multi-task? (the game!)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-can-you-multi-task-the-game/507147>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [August 21, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-can-you-multi-task-the-game/507147 "2009-08-21T00:36:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-can-you-multi-task-the-game/507147/1 "2009-08-21T00:36:09Z")

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Does your resumé tout your “ability to multi-task”? Well, here’s your chance to prove it.

[Multitask](http://notdoppler.com/multitask.php)

It confirmed what I’ve always known: I suck at multi-tasking. After 3 tries, the best score I could muster was 85. Pretty much died immediately after the 4th screen popped up.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-can-you-multi-task-the-game/507147/2 "2009-08-21T01:17:53Z")

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This has confused “multi-task” with “do several things that all simultaneously demand your near-constant attention”.