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Re:Myers-Briggs Tests during Job interviews...(was: writing tests are for wussies...)
Subject:Re:Myers-Briggs Tests during Job interviews...(was: writing tests are for wussies...) From:Charles E Vermette <cvermette -at- juno -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 May 2002 22:39:30 -0400
Susan Gallagher said that:
<<<I once interviewed at a software shop that provides help authoring
tools and is based in San Diego -- before the company changed its name.
<g> They gave a whole battery of tests -- writing, editing, ...and,
surprise of surprises! -- the Meyers-Briggs personality test! I think I
flunked. I never heard back from them. ;-)>>>
I am a certified Myers-Briggs instructor, and a one-time member of the
Association of Psychological Type. In the APT Code of Ethics, using the
MBTI for employment screening is specifically prohibited (so, might I
add, is requiring *anyone* to take it involuntary.)
If you are ever asked to take the Myers-Briggs as part of a job
interview, please report it to the Association of Psychological Type
(http://www.aptcentral.org/.)
-Chuck
Charles E. Vermette
85 Washington Park Drive, Norwell MA 02061
781-659-1836
e-mail: cvermette -at- juno -dot- com
web: http://www.charlesvermette.com
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