Prospective employee withdraws his job application after being forced to take a bizarre personality test: 'Needless to say, the results are completely inaccurate'

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Feb 15, 2024 7:00 AM EST

The hiring process has become insane in recent years. Like all those dating apps, every prospective employer wants us to bend over backward, jump through hoops, and provide the most detailed information about ourselves before ever meeting in person. It may be tough to get a job out there, but even worse, the interview process has adopted a weird, almost Freudian twist, where employers can now assess our personality before ever putting us on the payroll. 

Desperate to get a job, but not desperate enough to reveal their deepest darkest secrets, the interviewee in our next story was faced with a strangely unsettling hurdle in the hiring process: A pseudo-human personality test that was more like an ink-blot quiz with no definitive answers. 

Scroll for the hilariously cursed story of how an unemployed man genuinely was forced to weigh his options between working for a weirdo employer or to keep on slogging through his job search. You can be the judge on whether or not he made the right call…

After this, here's another embarrassingly bizarre story of how an employee accidentally sent their boss a steamy love letter. 

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  • 01
    Posted by u/Plant-Nearby 1 day ago I applied for a software role at FedEx and was asked to take this bizarre personality test. I was instructed to pick whether the character in the image represented "me" or "not me". The images were bizarre and kind of funny to look through. But the infuriating part is how blatantly prejudicial this type of thing is as a candidate pre-screen (or as any step before or aftering hiring someone).
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  • 02
    It wasn't disclosed as a personality test prior to getting the results at the end. I received a score across the "big 5" personality traits at the end. Me Not Me
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  • 03
    Needless to say, the results are completely inaccurate and don't represent me at all. But fear not, it did give me some completely made up areas where I apparently have "room to grow": • Can be taken for granted because you complete tasks without objections . Can tolerate mediocre work from others • May have trouble avoiding social distractions • Prioritize meeting deadlines over work quality • Prone to feeling stressed I withdrew my application
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  • 04

    Example 1 & 2 of the 'personality test'

    Me Not Me Me 3002 Not Me
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    Example 3 & 4 of the 'personality test'

    Me Not Me Wil 99 Me Not Me
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  • 06
    OllietheKitty 1 day ago This is just.. bizarre 5.0k Reply Share ... e-2c9z3_x7t5i 1 day ago You just know that they were sitting around the corporate round table with those grins, patting themselves on the back, remarking, "What a great idea!". They are completely disconnected from the working class.
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    DingleberryBlaster69 1 day ago That was my first thought. This was probably months worth of meetings and brainstorming sessions. They this absolute out and call it a day while they have piles of money dumped into their bank accounts. I picked the wrong field, man. I wanna sit in a board room half asleep, hungover, talking about little blue people and completely making up as I go.
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  • 08
    WhyWould You1111111 1 day ago None of these are a picture of me, thus I pick "not me" for all of them. 15.1k Reply Share ... EVILTEW 1 day ago Without the humor of "that's clearly not me! I'm not blue." I would pick not me on basically all of those. The facial expressions in all of them are unhappy/confused/agitated. Picking "me" on any seems to indicate negative traits.
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    ohmanicantpickaname 1 day ago Maybe the real test is seeing which candidates decline to take this BS 4.1k Reply Share ironicmirror 1 day ago Yep, though this is the reason that people say "no one wants to work anymore", it's actually no one wants to put up with this BS anymore, but.. you know tomato, tomato
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    WomanOfEld 1 day ago What drives me nuts is, you're making me fill out an application on your website, right, and you want me to attach my resume, so I do, but then, you want me to complete a million more form fields, which are to be filled in with all the information that is already on my resume. Rinse and repeat for every company to which I apply. Employers, get better software that parses attachments and auto fills those fields before I lose my mind trying to apply to more than one place.
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    Craig _Christ 1 day ago And then, when you get there for the interview, they make you fill out a form beforehand that asks for all of the information on your resume
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    BeerSlayingBeaver 1 day ago My guess is it acts as a filter between the people who don't want to "go the extra mile" which is horse because any employer should be wanting their employees to be more efficient. The company I work for made me fill out a 7 page application. With short form essays and everything.
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    Plant-Nearby OP. 1 day ago I can only hope, but have a feeling that's not the case 401 Reply Share themustacheclubbitch 1 day ago McDonald's uses this one as well. And it is so long and weird for sure.
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  • 14
    insomnibunn 1 day ago They're using this at Olive Garden as well! It's absolutely bonkers, like please bro I'm just applying to be a dishwasher it is NOT that deep 5.7k Reply Share Tall-Improvement-243 1 day ago All Darden restaurants have this dumb it's so stupid.
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  • 15
    IllIIlIlIllIII. 1 day ago It's absolutely wild to me how much people have to jump through for jobs like that. We just hired a systems engineer for a $150k position and all it took was an hour long interview and a few short calls with their references.
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  • 16
    fstriker67f 1 day ago Sir, we can't hire you Why? You don't identify as a concrete flower Me Not Me
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    ScarletJew72 1 day ago And that's even more BS. To different employers, "unstoppable" could mean vastly different traits. Is it a good trait, that you're motivated to achieve great success? Or is it a bad trait, that you're overconfident and arrogant?
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    Disbfjskf 1 day ago Probably supposed to indicate you're able to thrive in a challenging environment. ↑ 301 Reply Share aramis34143 1 day ago Ruining this company from the inside is going to be challenging. Good thing I'm unstoppable.
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    drgigantor 1 day ago "I'm sorry, I can't work for your company because you identified as concrete in slide 8. This implies that you: are brutal and unforgiving • do not foster an environment of growth for employees allow customers to walk all over you I am seeking employment opportunities from companies that identify as a soil-clay blend rich in nitrogen with adequate irrigation. Thank you for your interest and best of luck in your future endeavors."
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    Accurate_Koala_4698 1 day ago Yo, listen up, here's the story About a little guy that lives in a blue world And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue 9.3k Reply Share Plant-Nearby OP 1 day ago edited 1 day ago clicks "Me"
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    Lorantec 1 day ago The issue with the "big 5" test is it is far too generalising to really be of any help to most people. Most end up getting lumped with personality traits that don't even remotely define them and some that do, the free online tests are a fun and cute thing to do with a friend or partner but don't really understand a person as one would think.
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  • 22
    Plant-Nearby OP. 1 day ago I got pretty balanced results, which I know aren't accurate despite having never taken a real test. Eg, I'm aware that I would very likely score low on extraversion and high on agreeableness and conscientiousness (like, it's a problem -- I'm a people pleaser in social situations and highly alert to how I impact my surroundings to the point where it exhausts me). Apparently I have low "emotional stability" and manage stress poorly.
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  • 23
    notnotbrowsing 1 day ago Is there any explanation for what the images mean? Like, the first one he's got 2 drinks in his hand...what is the "question" I'm responding to with "me" and "not me". Not me what? Reply Share 1.1k ... DarkPumpernickel 1 day ago It's almost like an ink blot test. That image could be someone being indecisive, or it could be someone weighing the pros and cons before making an informed decision. Without any description, those images are useless. TF?
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    Aggravating-Fact-337 1 day ago Last I checked I was not a blue man, a puzzle, a flower or a banana, so, not me all the way, next? ↑ 485 Reply Share Plant-Nearby OP. 1 day ago Results: You have an inspiring level of self-awareness and personal identity.
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  • To see all 19 of the bizarre personality test ‘questions’ click here– maybe you'll learn a little something about yourself as a blue man… but maybe not.

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