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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 @ashten @neia Don't forget PsYcHoMeTrIc AsSeSmEnT 

It was the first time I nopped the hell out from "interview". It's discriminatory, long and painful - meaning that nobody will actual skillset will bother with that nonsense and go to different companies instead (I almost ended up working for SuSE instead lol).
Nov 14, 2023 at 11:07amWeb