From the US and I've also taken exams when applying for all kinds of jobs. I applied to work in a convenience store and had to take a test on simple math and alphabetizing things. I applied to IBM and took a strange test full of math word problems (the IPATO test; I was amazed they still did that in ~2013). There are certain employers in the tech industry that are well known for their standardized exams, like Epic Healthcare. And that says nothing of the many, many low-wage jobs that require you to take a bogus personality test to prove you're an extrovert before they'll let you stock shelves.