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I have the job offer now what is the MMPI?
RDTroja:
--- Quote from: thenuttyneutron on Jun 29, 2005, 07:27 ---hmm I can already tell you what I am. I am an INTP.
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That is your Personality Index (I forget the name of that test right now, but I took it years ago). The MMPI is different.
thenuttyneutron:
Darn so you are saying I should have answered no to teasing animals? My dog would hate it if I never teased and played with her...LOL :P. That test was weird. I answered as honest as possible and can now only hope for the best. I have a clinical interview tommarow morning.
I thought it was weird how they asked about half a dozen times about suicide. That is a concept I can't get my mind around, my drive for rational self interest and self preservation must be strong.
I am worried about the "hot headed" part. I answered yes and that I get angry and get over it quickly, anyone who is in rush hour traffic could tell you this:) Are they looking for the people that bottle it in and explode in a big spout of violence?
RDtroja it is the Briggs Myers personality test or something like that.
raymcginnis:
Hey Nutty,
It sounds like you did good. That is what I always did on the MMPI test and never got an interview. The people that I know that had to interview for possible anomolies were OK after talking to the shrink.
On you physical, it depends on what job. I think you will be OK, just keep what you are doing, be honest. Past stuff will not matter. If you put down past problems, they will ask you about it. I used to have high blood pressure. Now I don't. They test it every year and I get approved every year, but I still write the past down.
Good luck with everything and chill out. People who tried to make themselves look good on the MMPI are the ones who got interviewed.
Smart People:
Personally i've "failed" the MMPI every time i've taken it and had to go see the doctor. the last one told me to join MENSA. shows what they know! don't overthink the answers. you'll know if its true or false.
they just want to be sure you won't go running around with a pipe wrench when you get snubbed for overtime. Or something like that. ;)
Already Gone:
There is a profile called "fake-good" where it is obvious that the subject tried to answer the way he thought he should, rather than being honest. Those of us who have taken the MMPI several times over often score a "flat curve" meaning that the test was meaningless for us because we knew what to expect. The MMPI, which used to have over 600 questions compared to about 350 now, was meant to be administered only once. It tends to be useless after the subjects learn what to expect. They have also removed some of the antiquated questions that nobody knew how to answer (like; " I used to like to play 'drop the handkerchief'"), and removed the ones that pointed toward homosexuality (since it is no longer considered a mental disorder).
I once took the long version in less than 45 minutes. I only filled in the circle for the "yes" questions. There were less than 50 of those. Then, I went back and filled in all the unanswered "no" circles. The young woman at HR could not believe that I had finished so quicklly. She all but assued me that I would have to see the shrink. She was mistaken.
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