Question about Employer using Scientology personality quiz - Is this a good indicator of job performance? ?

[Sahara6615]

Apparently I scored low on a Scientology personality test because I did not get the job. I am upset because I just don't believe it. Has anyone taken one or know anything about the legitimacy of it?I impressed the interviewer with my eagerness. It was a bizarre interview. Very short and uncomfortable. Impossible to make a connection with him. Very guarded. Very precise. The mention of scientology. I usually connect very well with smart and intelligent people. I'm a bit miffed.I have been searching but have not found what I was looking for.I forgot about that. I did give the puzzled look to my contact with the agency I was working through. He had been burned 2x already so you would think he would have learned that maybe his process was not the best one. It's close to home and in my dream field. I am understandably upset. I'm having a crummy day at work to boot. I have a lousy manager. He's scattered.He said that he was not a scientologist but he uses their personality test. It was very short. Maybe 10 questions. They were odd questions. I answered honestly. I might have come across as a liar. I have excellent references. I'm a good employee. It's not a lie but I can see it being labeled as such.One question that I remember was if you did what you wanted to do regardless of what others thought or if you did what others told you to do or if you acted like you did what others told you to do but found a way to do what you want to do. I answered that I did what others said I should do. My reasoning was that I know he wants someone that follows directions. That was made clear to me.Talk about a question that it really depends on the circumstances!My recruiter told me that he's not a scientologist but that he likes using their test. He said that he didn't know how they scored it. My going further depended on how well I scored. None of us applicants scored well. He rehired 2 employees that supposedly burnt him. I thought he was odd but it seemed like a good way to gain experience.He did seem like an odd fellow. He was soft spoken and did have a stare. It was not a normal interview. He wants someone with high productivity. That is me all over the place. I have the perfect job because I have a lot of free time. I hate it. I want to work. I hate having so much down time. I really do. There is little structure here. For this job, there is structure and processes. I love that. We never got to discuss that. I can only imagine that the stupid short personality test came back with inaccurate things about me. I sent an email to try to set the record straight. I told him I can provide my reviews from employers. Can you get more real than that? I have excellent references that will affirm that I am a great employee.

 

[StimpsonJCat]

If someone was to make you pass a Scientology quiz as a condition of getting hired, I don't think you would want to work for that person anyway. From what you said about the interview, you can be glad you didn't get the job. Something better will come along.

 

[michele1323]

Scientologists have a pronounced hatred and fear of ALL things related to psychology and psychiatry. It makes no sense whatsoever that a scientology "personality quiz" would even exist, much less be utilized as an employment selection tool. In addition, if any such tool ended up result in "adverse impact" on a given group (e.g., Christians, women, African Americans, non-Scientologists, disabled people), it is not legal to use as part of the employee selection process.~Dr. B.~

 

[Dude8161]

Obviously you are not at the clear stage and did not meet grand Xenu's(L Ron Hubbard himself) approval. Look elsewhere for work, they sound a bit crazy.Was this the test?http://members.cox.net/deleyd/religion/scientology/scientologytest.html

 

[losthome]

Try to get a copy of the quiz and take it to the EEOC, it is illegal to hire someone based on their religion.

 

[TanyaS6821]

Sue em, that's discrimination based on religion. Thats like someone saying if you aren't Christian you can't have a job.

 

[PassItOn]

This was totally inappropriate and 'scary'. Using such a narrow 'ruler' to test your personality was just as inappropriate as giving you a test to see how open you were to ANY belief system...and basing your employment on whether or not they thought you were. This person was obviously a scientologist, and this wasn't a standard personality test...it was a test to see whether or not you could be 'converted'...Count your blessings.

 

[NikkiH]

I have a bachelors degree in psychology, and one of the focuses in one of my classes that I took involved job performance measures, and the validity of personality assessments and interviews. To answer your question, no a scientology personality quiz is not a good measure for job performance. Personality quizes or assessments have a very low validity and reliability in measuring your potential job performance. Sorry you didn't get the job. But don't stress. It's not your fault. The employer made a very bad decision in choosing that quiz for employee selection. Seems to me they're looking for scientologists to work for them, and that's against the law. They can't discriminate based on religion/beliefs.

 

[emanwelgwent]

1. Scientology personality tests have no validity. The Foster Report concluded, as long ago as the 1980s that the personality test was nothing more than a recruitment tool. It *always* gives a poor score, and the unfortunate victim of the test is then told "it's ok Scientology can fix" whatever problem they're supposed to have. Usually though they're longer than 10 questions. Relevant quotes here: http://www.apologeticsindex.org/o07.html2. Scientology has a history of trying to recruit people through apparently legitimate companies - by sending them on scientology run courses. It runs a front called "WISE" which is identified as part of scientology's recruitment strategy (leaked onto wikileaks a while ago).3. No necessarily definitive, but scientologists can come across as "weird" because of their training - things like staring at you and the way they converse.4. You may want to find out more about scientology, just in case you get and take the job, and just in case attempts are made to recruit you. You may also want to learn about their beliefs regarding "psych-drugs" and what they think of people who disagree with them.5. If you do end up working there, and find that you are unhappy with scientology's influence in your work place, you may want to visit www.whyweprotest.net . They oppose scientology, and would be interested and possibly helpful.