• I had an interview once where I should have kept my mouth shut

    The interview had gone well and I had impressed on the interviewers how I was a good team player but also was happy to lead projects and teams and could work well on my own prioritising my own work with numerous examples to back this up,

    Next however came the dreaded psychometric test 50 random questions to establish how well I would fit in the company I would then get to meet the team leaders. Once completed the HR manager came down to the review the results and established that from the results I was not a team player, could not work on my own and would need constant supervision whilst working (all completely the opposite of how I actually work) I tried to defend myself as I could see these results would do my job prospect no good, I am sure no colourful language crept in but I might have been close to it as I good see this job disappearing quickly but was perhaps to vigorous in my defence of my abilities and the problems with these type of tests. Her response put the nail in the coffin “I have never known these results to be incorrect; we find them always to be completely accurate”. I never heard anything about that job.