The whole world has gone fucking crazy!

  1. I am a veteran.
  2. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a 3.75 out of 4.00 GPA.

And everyone wants to use asinine assessment tests to gatekeep me out of a job. I already jumped through four fucking years of hoops, spent tens of thousands of dollars, gave up tens of thousands of dollars via opportunity costs (I could have been working a job during that time).

And if I don’t complete their test I don’t get the job and the person with a GED or High School diploma who does complete it gets the job. They only want compliance and the abilty to utterly control you.

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    What kind of test are you being asked to take?

    Many places, including where I am, will ask any candidate to complete a technical test, regardless of skill level / education / experience. Ive worked with someone who had a masters, a decade of experience, and he could barely write code. If he had been tested, he would have been rejected for not being competent for the role. Having a technical test has helped reject candidates before even bothering to interview because they can’t do the role effectively.

    It’s nothing to do with “compliance and control”. Its to make sure the candidate is competent.

    And less of a technical test or anything written, but we spend time talking generally with a candidate to make sure theyre a “culture fit”. Long story short - do we think they can play nice with others? Do they have an abrasive personality, or inability to talk to people or whatever.

    Tests in industry is common, and if you’re failing them and not getting a job it might be worth spending time looking over your answers and results, where you went wrong, and brushing up on those areas? Especially if you’re being beaten out by someone with a GED.