Me too—my father thought it was a trap to detect dishonest answers, but from what I’ve read, giving the more absolute answers (for example, saying that procedures should always be followed) tends to get you a “better” score. If you want to game the test, pretend you’re a naive robot who never, ever does anything even remotely bad, even if nobody actually acts like that.
I was given a test like this once in a somewhat similar context, and I asked the woman giving the test if they were going to reward the answers that most closely matched accurate descriptive statements about the community under discussion, or reward the answers that most closely matched conventional prescriptive statements about it. She won points with me by thinking about that for a moment, unsuccessfully suppressing a grin, and asking “Does the fact that I’m not answering your question answer your question?”
I took the test on a computer, so I think the actual employees in the room (mostly cashiers and such) wouldn’t have known how the test was graded either.
Me too—my father thought it was a trap to detect dishonest answers, but from what I’ve read, giving the more absolute answers (for example, saying that procedures should always be followed) tends to get you a “better” score. If you want to game the test, pretend you’re a naive robot who never, ever does anything even remotely bad, even if nobody actually acts like that.
See also.
I was given a test like this once in a somewhat similar context, and I asked the woman giving the test if they were going to reward the answers that most closely matched accurate descriptive statements about the community under discussion, or reward the answers that most closely matched conventional prescriptive statements about it. She won points with me by thinking about that for a moment, unsuccessfully suppressing a grin, and asking “Does the fact that I’m not answering your question answer your question?”
I took the test on a computer, so I think the actual employees in the room (mostly cashiers and such) wouldn’t have known how the test was graded either.
(nods) I really just asked the question to be snarky; it was pretty clear from context they wanted the latter.
Did you win?
There wasn’t much at stake that I cared about. But I entertained myself, which is always a win in my book.
Should I read your link or will I just be exposing myself to made-up unresearched advice?
Probably the latter.