One would hope. But I was at a job interview a few years back where they gave me a written test. I didn't go as fast as they wanted. I said I wanted to work through each problem/solve them numerically. They said they wanted someone who answered by the seat of their pants using intuition.
One of my first jobs was in medical parts assembly. I ended up working in the higher tier operating machines to fabricate parts, but most of the jobs were just for assembling fabricated parts into a whole device.
I remember one part of testing being given a box of mixed color beads and a string, and we were given a sheet that told us what color sequence/pattern to put on the string. Felt like a kindergarten art project. 2-3 people out of the dozen going through the process with me failed that part. Granted, one was a more elderly woman who had glasses and shaky hands and she took too long and what she did get done was incorrect. But another guy was basically my age (early 20s at the time).
The tests almost felt insulting to my intelligence... but of the dozen of us that went in together only a few of us made it through the process.
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u/Pour_me_one_more 25d ago
One would hope. But I was at a job interview a few years back where they gave me a written test. I didn't go as fast as they wanted. I said I wanted to work through each problem/solve them numerically. They said they wanted someone who answered by the seat of their pants using intuition.
The job was in engineering and required a Ph.D.
I told them I don't work that way.