Yes, very useful explanation. What a shame I wasn’t told at the time
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Hi Dexster,
I hope things are going well for you now. I have always been wary of “phsycho-babble” stuff and your story reminds me of the time early in my career when upper management had a penchant for following American management techniques, like “teamwork”, “relationship management” and “management by objectives”, and one year I had to undergo physco tests if I wanted to progress further up the management ladder,We had to answer quick-fire questions (no time for thought, just IMMEDIATE responses) and one of the questions which has remained in my memory was WHICH DO YOU PREFER - APPLES FOR BREAKFAST OR PLAYING FOOTBALL? From that stupid question hung my future career! I hated apples and never played football because I was blind as a bat! But I had to provide an answer, from which they deduced at the debrief that I was not a team player but I was an extrovert. BUT THEY GOT IT WRONG - I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DEEPLY INTROVERTED!!!
That is why I hate phsyco-babble and have never since taken another similar test (which, by the way, did not stop me becoming General Manager !)
But if they asked me to do a test such as yours I would tell them to b*****r- off and put their trick cyclist back in their box!
Regards,
Bob Isle.
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