Do you dislike the unknown?

[dogknob]

I was helping a friend apply online for a job at a big-box and, yes, they asked The Question.

[RKP5637]

1. I love the unknown ... probably a negative at a big box store with a highly

systematic process. I think ...

[Warpy]

18. Same here, but it made me a good nurse.

[RKP5637]

20. Yep! I can see why that would be very important! n/t

[Cirque du So-What]

2. I'm not a psychologist

but the way I interpret it, the ones administering this test would prefer to see candidates disagree with the question. After all, taking on a new job is in a sense 'the unknown,' so it reflects negatively on someone who doesn't like the task of adjusting to new situations.

Just my 2 cents.

[Wait Wut]

7. Ah...but I think differently!

I would see a candidate's 'disagree' as irrational. To fear the unknown is to embrace exploration. To conquer the unknown. I hate change...enough that it can make me physically ill. To counter that, when faced with change, I will find a way to creatively weave it into my regular routine. It is then no longer 'unknown', but familiar and I have learned something new.

If I tell two candidates to head into a pitch black cave after telling them there 'could' be vicious animals or 'might' be bottomless pits, I'll pick the one that doesn't go rushing in. Unless, of course, the other goes running in the opposite direction. My hope would be that one would choose to ask me for a flashlight.

So there.

[jberryhill]

14. Flashlight? Aisle Five

How'd I do?

[RKP5637]

16. +1, n/t

[Wait Wut]

17. You are so friggin' hired.

I see management potential!

[Lint Head]

3. Known knows and unknown knowns.

There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know.
Donald Rumsfeld

[Brother Buzz]

9. Oh, Snap!

GMTA

[Wait Wut]

4. Too many variables to answer.

I'd throw a mini-fit if someone asked me that on an application and demand space to write an essay.

Tell your friend I'm sorry that he/she is being put through such a ridiculous process in order to work at Lowe's. Unless, of course, they're interviewing to fill the position of company seer.

[Fumesucker]

5. These types of tests as I understand it are looking for internal consistency within your answers

I'm not sure there is any "right" or "wrong" answer to any particular question but the entire pattern of answers is what is analyzed.

Kind of like some online MBTI tests I've taken.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

[dogknob]

6. Aside from that question... yes it was pretty much the cop routine...

...asking the same questions a half-dozen times, worded differently.

[Fumesucker]

10. You can tell a lot about people from the way they answer things like that if you have enough answers

There are personality types that are less or more likely to do well in particular situations.

Try the test I linked to in my first reply, I was surprised at how well it indicated my own personality.

[dogknob]

12. My friend was so intimidated by having to use a computer; the whole thing took 3 hours...

...I am quite done, thank you very much.

[RKP5637]

19. Did it - Interesting! About right to me.

You have marginal or no preference of Extraversion over Introversion (1%)
You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing (50%)
You have moderate preference of Feeling over Thinking (25%)
You have slight preference of Judging over Perceiving (11%)

[kenny blankenship]

8. Well, I got a call today on my cellphone from "Unknown Number"

and I didn't accept it. So I guess you could say I don't accept the Unknown. If on the other hand, the Unknown was properly introduced first, instead of accosting me while I was driving, then I might like it. But since it chose to be impatient and rude, I guess we'll never know about that.

[RebelOne]

11. That type of "unknown" I do not like,

and never answer unknown numbers.

[Louisiana1976]

13. Depends on what the unknown is.

[WinkyDink]

15. Yes. I dislike being ignorant. I dislike unsolved mysteries. I dislike unearthed treasures.

THIS IS A *GD* DUMB QUESTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RKP5637]

21. LOL!!! I bet you didn't know the right answer!

[TwilightGardener]

22. I prefer the Superunknown.

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