'Why are companies doing this?': Job-seeker shows weird questions they were asked in online questionaire

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Feb 26, 2024 3:00 PM EST

Why in the world was this job seeker asked such odd questions? They aren't sure either, and they took to Reddit to see if other people are also doing personality quizzes while applying for jobs. 

No one ever said it was easy to apply for jobs. Even using that "easy apply" option that submits your resume with one click doesn't help---a lot of companies follow up with their own questions. Or, like this job-seeker found out, they want you to take a lengthy personality test so they can figure out if you're fit for the job. 

It's not enough to submit a resume and a cover letter, apparently. One sports drink company is asking candidates to basically take one of those online quizzes that everyone was hooked on in the late 2000s and early 2010s. You know the ones: you'd take a quiz to find out what character you were from a popular TV show, or you'd get to find out what vegetable you'd be. I know it sounds absurd now, but believe me, everyone and their mother was obsessed with these cute quizzes. It was fun! It's a lot less fun to do them for as part of an IRL job assessment. 

The questions are also kind of baffling, and seem like there would be tons of room for individual interpretation or user error. One question asks what the person would do if someone ate their lunch. They can feel like a dove, like someone giving or taking a gift, like a crying baby, or like a lion pouncing on a zebra. I would've selected the baby photo probably, assuming that they're asking about how you'd feel about your lunch being stolen (you'd feel sad, right? Not peaceful or giving or extremely angry). But in the comments, people debated if picking the dove or the gift would be the right option. Maybe you should feel like a peaceful dove if someone takes your lunch. But maybe that's the option for liars. 

Check out these questions for yourself! Then, check out this airplane drama that spilled out onto social media. 

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    Applied for rojob and got asked the goofiest questions
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    7:39 1/4 OT Next 55% You're visiting a new country. How immersed do you get in local culture? ?
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    7:40 1/4 ||| Someone has eaten your lunch. How do you feel? Next Cl 55% O ?
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    8:14 22 O wingfinder.com/asse 3/4 ||| { 7 Complete the sequence by selecting one of the images below... Next + O :D 51% ? : ?
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    8:10 wingfinder.com/asse AT IL T ·V. KL T L 3/4 Complete the sequence by selecting one of the images below... 888-2 ||| T L V (4 V + Next :D 51% ? KL V S LL V L ?
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    8:15 22 O wingfinder.com/asse 7/15 13/30 3/4 1/5 Complete the sequence by selecting one of the images below... 30 2/5 1/3 1/3 3/10 ED Next 51% O ||| 7/30 1/4 → ? 4/15 ?
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    8:17 wingfinder.com/asse 4/4 ||| Half-face helmet Which ski headwear do you choose while skiing with the team? Full-face helmet Just goggles + Next l 50% :D ?
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    There's a lot of questions I didn't screenshot that didn't make any sense. Why are companies doing this
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    ponyo_impact i would answer it as if i was the prime candidate for the job not like how i truly feel
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    mattbag1 What do they consider the prime candidate? Not the crying baby, but the animal eating the other animal, the gift or the bird? Like does any of that mean?
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    ⒸO JagsAbroad Bird flying away - it's happens fine. and life moves on. Can't hold onto things so tightly. Gift - I give to you. Hope you enjoy it. Cry - I'm angry about it and the most I'm going to do is whine.
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    Lion - I'm going to confront the person aggressively and make sure I get fed. Reply 145 Sergeitotherescue Lion. Lion every time. Because who has the audacity to eat my lunch?!
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    Wmadbdog Companies: no one wants to work any more Also companies: yeah let's just waste their time with some IQ quiz we found online lol
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    kewe316 At the end, does it say, "Congratulations! You're in the 1% of people to complete this without giving up! It was all non-sense, but we'll consider you for the role since you finished!"?
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    An M Maximum-Push-4480. But it's not nonsense. when visiting a new country: you stay outside • you dip a toe • you enter carefully you dive in
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    Same way with the lunch one. • you let it go ● • you feel charitable • you get upset you're ready to square up.
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    Ok-Cat-9344 What role did you apply to? ↑ 31 Reply Share sandygaara69 OP. Sales position
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    Logical-Board-5124 · I took a test like this once and got bored so I picked the most outrageous answer. Surprisingly I got the interview. Still didn't get the job but I like to think my answers on the test got the recruiter curious enough to give me the interview
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    Unicorn_Yogi Ah yes I feel like a white dove after someone eats my lunch 47 Reply Share sandygaara69 OP. That's the one I picked!
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