Whatever happened to the simple ways of applying for a job? Talking with someone face to face about getting one & not dealing with questions that makes your head hurt? I guess I can understand doing applications on-line. Less paper, easier when looking on-line for a job etc but the questions that come with it especially for crap jobs like fast food & retail is just insane. They shouldn't be allowed to do so.
The questions don't prove anything. A lot of the questions are repeated, not always job related, neutral questions & just a waste of time. It makes it so much harder to get a job this way or to even get a foot in the door. No wonder some people have such a hard time getting a simple job. What makes it worse is that there are at least 12 or more pages with the stupid psych questions. I mean really?!
You can still find some companies that have paper apps but hardly. I've even run into some with math type questions. These days the only thing you need to know is how to count change back. Even that is done for you by most registers these days. I've heard that in some places, companies are not allowed to do this. I think it should be everywhere. People are being screwed by this; hardworking people. I'm not really sure what can done about it if anything but I do know that I am fed up with this crap. I would just not apply to those places but when just about every company out there (even fast food) is doing this, I & others like me don't have a choice.
