riptide
6 August 2001, 16:09
So I took a Police exam today, and as part of it they had a mini Psych type exam.
It consisted mainly of determing if you can asses your own self and personality, but also others.
I had some questions as to how I answered it as I am somewhat concerned because there didn;t appear to be good answers.
The hard part was assessing others. Questions like:
1. Most people like detailed work?
Strong agree, agree, don't know, disagree strong disagree.
2. Most people work well under pressure?
3. When others don't work well in a team, it makes me mad?
4. Then there was, I am most productive when working by myself?
5. I work best by myself?
6. If am having a disagreement with a friend,and it starts to turn into a fight, I will admit I am wrong to end the fight?
So, first off, assessing others on those questions were difficult because not everyone is the same. You take a bunch military people and you can say, yes they work well under pressure, but take a bunch of librarians and you'd say the opposite.
Now, as for the working by myself thing, my first inclination was to think from a teamwork perspective. However, since a good friend of mine is cop, he said that you pretty much are on your own the whole shift and work very little with others. So then I thought working by yourself is the better answer.
Of course I am reading a lot into these questions, but does anyone have any thoughts on what they may have been trying to get at?
Thanks
[This message has been edited by riptide (edited 08-06-2001).]
It consisted mainly of determing if you can asses your own self and personality, but also others.
I had some questions as to how I answered it as I am somewhat concerned because there didn;t appear to be good answers.
The hard part was assessing others. Questions like:
1. Most people like detailed work?
Strong agree, agree, don't know, disagree strong disagree.
2. Most people work well under pressure?
3. When others don't work well in a team, it makes me mad?
4. Then there was, I am most productive when working by myself?
5. I work best by myself?
6. If am having a disagreement with a friend,and it starts to turn into a fight, I will admit I am wrong to end the fight?
So, first off, assessing others on those questions were difficult because not everyone is the same. You take a bunch military people and you can say, yes they work well under pressure, but take a bunch of librarians and you'd say the opposite.
Now, as for the working by myself thing, my first inclination was to think from a teamwork perspective. However, since a good friend of mine is cop, he said that you pretty much are on your own the whole shift and work very little with others. So then I thought working by yourself is the better answer.
Of course I am reading a lot into these questions, but does anyone have any thoughts on what they may have been trying to get at?
Thanks
[This message has been edited by riptide (edited 08-06-2001).]