I... I don't know that I want to finish applying for this job... (NOTE: Not the same job I have a second interview for. TOTALLY different job application set
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It saddens me that that there are employers and recruitment machines that have encountered enough drug problems with supposedly professional employees as to justify these kinds of questions on a pre-employment survey.
Then again, it saddens me even more that some of those questions would make it past the at least (I hope) 2 people who have to edit and authorize adding them to a survey.
Then again, I don't apply for jobs that make you take such a long and intrusive survey to be considered for employment.
The reason for the seemingly duplicate questions is that they're trying to catch people lying. Yes, some people are /that dumb/ that they can be tricked by questions like this. Not even kidding.
The only question that bothers me is the using computer/Internet for personal use. Depending on who's evaluating it, it could be a disqualifier, even though EVERYONE does it. It's like using your office phone to make personal calls. It happens, and it's no big deal, but officially it's a big no-no. So how do you answer that question? Truthfully, and risk the HR bot filtering you out as a 'bad' candidate, or lie to pass the HR test but then if any 'real' person looks at it, it will raise the question of if you were truthful with the others. I think I'd answer that question as conservatively honestly as possible. Yes, you've used it for personal use, but it's rare.
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Then again, it saddens me even more that some of those questions would make it past the at least (I hope) 2 people who have to edit and authorize adding them to a survey.
Then again, I don't apply for jobs that make you take such a long and intrusive survey to be considered for employment.
Then again, I don't sell drugs to co-workers.
Then again, I don't sell drugs.
Then again, drugs.
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The specificity and total loadedness of these questions CONFOUNDS me. Then again, it is a bank. And this is how they are.
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The only question that bothers me is the using computer/Internet for personal use. Depending on who's evaluating it, it could be a disqualifier, even though EVERYONE does it. It's like using your office phone to make personal calls. It happens, and it's no big deal, but officially it's a big no-no. So how do you answer that question? Truthfully, and risk the HR bot filtering you out as a 'bad' candidate, or lie to pass the HR test but then if any 'real' person looks at it, it will raise the question of if you were truthful with the others. I think I'd answer that question as conservatively honestly as possible. Yes, you've used it for personal use, but it's rare.
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