Nearly 20 years ago I went for a job interview. Part of the interview was with a psychologist. Amazingly enough I got the job.
Part of the interview was with a psychologist.
I went through several of those. I went to the library and crammed for the test prior to taking it. There are lots of books covering tests and what they're looking for.
Many tests are looking for reactions and your mental processes more than answers. Example: you are given two pictures that appear to be exactly alike but are asked to find at least two differences. You'd be surprised that so many will refuse to give up even when the test giver says test over. They're determined to find the differences and will even find differences where none exist and insist they have found the differences. I'd be hesitant to hire these persons as managers.
When I was asked during one of those interviews what best defines my moral beliefs I answered with what I knew they wanted to hear. "judeo Christian in foundation". They liked that answer.
of course it is the truth but I already knew how to answer it. I manipulated them. And they were too stupid to know it.