Psychometric Tests

[Globalti]

I had some Morrisby tests done when I was about 17. I scored 100% in mechanical aptitude, manipulation of shapes etc and about 5% in the maths. The assessor said I was very unusual because they usually go together.

 

[Fnaar]

I think psychometric tests are a load of old tosh, personally.

 

[NickM]

There must be some science behind this sort of thing.

You reckon?

Is psychology a proper science anyway?

 

[NickM]

Cranky, you and me both!

Me too

 

[Chuffy]

I had to undergo psychometric testing when I applied to be a postman.

Can anyone tell me why?

 

[hulver]

I had to undergo psychometric testing when I applied to be a postman.

Can anyone tell me why?

To see if you were the sort of person who'd open all a kids birthday cards for the cash

 

[barq]

I'm not the type of psychologist who uses psychometric tests. However my specific concerns about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is that it contains no validity checks (so it can be faked) and I'm simply not sold on the personality types it purports to measure. It is based on Carl Jung's psychological types and, to be frank, I think psychology has come quite a long way since the 1920s!

 

[marinyork]

I dislike Competency Tests and some others. It depends what you regard as Psychometric Testing as to how to answer. I regard Numeracy Tests as a complete worthless joke.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

You reckon?

Is psychology a proper science anyway?

I don't know, hence the post!

 

[Cranky]

I'm fairly sure that I wouldn't want any job that regarded psychometric tests as important.

This also contributes to the evidence that - as I've realised for some time now - I'm probably unemployable.

Cranky, you and me both!

Me too

I thought I wouldn't be alone somehow!

 

[Abitrary]

I find that people that do very well on those tests can be, er, at the higher end of the autistic spectrum.

Those sort of tests, and lateral thinking stuff should only be used to weed people out.

If you put too much store on those tests in interviews, then you will surely end up working in a hell of your own making.

 

[skmc1955]

psychometric test

I took one but it was so long ago it was psychoimperial!