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Hi, has anyone come across Wave personality assessments as part of a job interview selection process?
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Yes i remember Maersk the oil company in Denmark did some sort of assessment (online ) or written testy in room, few years back for me but if you fail, they will never approach you again , do-sent matter how much you are qualified or experienced you are, i know sounds stupid !!
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quote=SHV]Yes I remember Maersk the oil company in Denmark did some sort of assessment (online ) or written testy in room, few years back for me but if you fail, they will never approach you again , do-sent matter how much you are qualified or experienced you are, I know sounds stupid !!
SHV I once had a colleague who went to work for Maersk ........ He had no personality at all ;-)) IMHO these things a peddled by snake oil salesmen to gullible people who inhabit HR
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These things are nonsense but easily beaten.
Practice a few generic ones on line - they are all basic variations on a theme.
Try and make yourself sound dynamic, hard working, reliable etc but not too perfect.
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MPM It's not clear why you ask about the WAVE Personality measurement instrument. It was developed by statistically very competent occupational psychologist Peter Saville, and technically validated to a reasonable degree. What was innovative about its design is that many questions probe your reasoning so that bluffing is statistically detected by its design. Like many well-designed instruments, its effective use depends on the people who interpret the data. If you want to read a good guide to personality measurement, 'The H Factor of Personality' by Lee and Ashton is very smart. (H represents honesty and humility). It's available from their website, www.hexaco.org
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Agree with Walker - such tests are snake oil. Complete tosh.
I always refuse to take such tests if they are a requirement of a job selection process. After 20+yrs of, I'm pretty sure I can do the job.
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I once worked for a director who asked us to pick geometric shapes to describe ourselves, and then explain our choice (there is a significance to the shape you choose, allegedly). His choice was a circle, as he said he liked to get on with everyone. We nearly choked, as he was in practice a petty dictator, so I've never been over-enthralled with self-assessment tests, too many variables.
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Walker / Ian
Either we liked or not, such snake oil, put such things in-front of people..in-fact they want to show that we working in systematic way and...at the end i always disgusted such HR people , including agents which most of their job are working behind the PC and attract budget in various forms and cut people true wage particularly in this recession.
SHV
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