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13. Then there are the "there are no right or wrong answers" personality tests.

Reply to Art_from_Ark (Reply #11)

Fri Jan 9, 2015, 01:07 AM

Jan 2015

That really do have right or wrong answers. The worst are the ones with the scale "Strongly Agree, Agree, Somewhat, Disagree, Strongly Disagree".

I've pretty much determined the answer they are looking for is always "Strongly Agree" or "Strongly Disagree". There is no room for thoughtful "Yeah, sometimes I enjoy being around lots of people" but "sometimes I prefer a little quiet time with a good book". You must be either one or the other.

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