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A client recently told me of a psychometric test that he had been asked to take by  a company where he was applying for a job. I don’t know which test it was, but it left me wondering what questions it could possibly have asked him. Because the test’s conclusion was that he should have been either a fisherman or an antiques dealer! It did not explain why, and apart from the fact that both recommendations seem to be over-specific (why an antiques dealer and not, for example a trader in second hand stamps?), there seems to be no logical connection between the two.

I am not a fan of psychometric testing. Granted, it has its uses in specific situations, where for example a company wants to check tha (more…)