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Personality tests in job applications are a legalized form of discrimination against neurodivergent people.
Show threadNeia masksNov 14, 2023
@[email protected] To name and shame: I applied to Canonical and they had me take a test that was basically "are you dyslexic? If so, get the fuck out of here."

It was a programming job. Sure, there's a lot of text there, but I can use dyslexic friendly fonts. They made some excuse about it being a "spatial reasoning problem," but programmers don't get many problems like that in practice. If each of those took me ten times as long as normal, I'd be like 99.7% as effective at the job.
Show thread(Moved To: @[email protected])Nov 14, 2023
@neia Yeahhhh I think I tried applying for Canonical a buncha years ago and never finished the application process cuz I was really turned off by what they were asking. I don't remember the details, but... Yahhhh... Falls in line with what you're saying.
Show threadCyra WestmereNov 14, 2023
@ashten @neia Recently had a similar experience as well, they asked me to write a several page paper on my experience, history, and why it would make me a good fit there.
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@cyra @neia smh, I could go on for ages about cover letters and how awful they are.
Show threadCyra WestmereNov 14, 2023
@ashten @neia Oh no this wasn’t a traditional cover letter. It was a no-shit paper. Like college level research paper style.
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@cyra @neia WTF? They were basically trying to make you do free labor for them? But that doesn't make sense either, if it was about YOU.
Show threadCyra Westmere
@ashten @neia YEP! attached is screenshots from email.
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Show thread(Moved To: @[email protected])Nov 14, 2023
@cyra @neia They gave you a goddamn homework assignment, wtf??? Literally said that they'll give you a few weeks to respond, which means they EXPECT you to put labor into it!