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Re:I applied for a SW role at FedEx and had to take this biz... by bluefirebrand on Monday February 12, 2024 @03:01PM (#39349643)
> maybe I'm cynical but I think it's selecting for moderately or reasonably dishonest, the dishonesty of the median

I feel like that's accurate. After all, I did describe it as "fairly" dishonest, not "very" or "extremely" dishonest.

Lying on personality tests is definitely an average, socially expected amount of dishonesty.

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Re:I applied for a SW role at FedEx and had to take this biz... by bryanrasmussen on Monday February 12, 2024 @07:38PM (#39352709)
OK I had read fairly as being significantly above average, thus my response.
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