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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by jkaunisv1 on Friday April 08, 2016 @02:09AM (#11452856)
Someone I know well used to work at a place that does personality tests, but not for hiring. More as a training thing.

My friend said it was really effective - the person running the test told him a bunch of stuff about his personality and management style based on the test that he hadn't explicitly thought about but was helpful. It can help point out your blind spots and how you should approach people with different personalities and styles.

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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by capote on Friday April 08, 2016 @09:18AM (#11454421)
That's what they tell me. I honestly didn't feel like it mattered, my mom and I are ISTJ for instance and we get along/work with a pool of such random EN* it feels like you pull these letters out of a bag.
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Re:Ask HN: How do detect a crappy boss / toxic environment w... by jkaunisv1 on Friday April 08, 2016 @12:50PM (#11456049)
Guess it depends what tests you run. And it's not really about the specific result. Once they have the result, they talk over it with you, using that as a template to identify and understand behaviors/motivations in your coworkers. It's a dialogue, not just a test score.
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