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According to this Newsweek article many companies are turning to personality tests to weed out applicants before they even get an interview. Standardized tests are more common now due to the inability to garner detailed references from prior employers, out of fear of lawsuits. They also use the assessments to sift through thousands of Internet submited resumes.

These tests have been around for decades, used by law enforcement and the military to assess personnel. I remember taking similar tests for employment with Wal-Mart and other retail and sales jobs, years ago.

This Newsweek article quotes:

"What we've had recently is a return to the old psychological measures of personality, but in a way that requires them to be much more carefully scrutinized," said Gary Chaison, professor of industrial relations at Clark University in Worchester, Mass. "In the bad old days, you could put anything out there."

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