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Article #624287Re: Computers, anyone?
From: JimP
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:40
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2018 21:40
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On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 14:41:57 -0700, Gene Wirchenko <ge...@telus.net> wrote: >On Sun, 01 Jul 2018 10:51:11 -0400, J. Clarke ><jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote: > >[snip] > >>Online job applications, I am convinced, are a test of determination. >>They want people whose desire to work for them is sufficient to induce >>them to figure out how to work around all the deficiencies in the >>application. > > Could be. > > I was filling out an application for Safeway once. After about >six screens -- maybe seven -- I gave up on the interrogation. > Yeah I applied for shelf stocker. I told the manager the screening was tougher than my Navy background check. He was proud of it. I got asked 3 sets of questions, all basically the same thing worded differently. I asked a relative about it, degree in counseling, and I was informed the criminals know how many wrong answers to get on the integrity questions, before an alarm is triggered by the computer. Its the honest people who have a tough time with the questions.
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