Upon evaluating ourselves, my result was a D (as in Dominance). I sort-of-do and sort-of-don't agree with this result. You see, around friends and people I know, I tend to be the one who takes initiative and give out orders; but around people I don't know, I tend to remain quiet and reserved. In my opinion, a dominant person is one who acts with dominance no matter who they're surrounded by, which is not me. I am more of the I, or the Influence, which is the second result that I got, meaning that I try to shape the environment by influencing or persuading others.
The fact that managers use this method to determine what kind of employee they may potentially hire is ridiculous to me. There are so many areas of this "test" where things can go wrong, such as that the person taking it can be giving answers on how they view themselves, instead of how others view them, which can completely alter the results. So to answer another question - no, this test would not help me in other personal interactions. I think you can tell what kind of person someone is just by casually interacting with them or asking them a few basic, unstructured questions.
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I find that many of these tests could be either really accurate or not. I think you're capable of being a D type from our group activities. Sometimes I hope I can be a D type because I'm not really the one to take initiative.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I've only grouped with you once for the pizza activity, you didn't seem like a D at all. It's probably because you were around people you didn't know, but you seemed very cooperative. I think the Influence type in you stood out much more compared to the D.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that using the tests for hiring potential employees is ridiculous. You have a valid point stating that a lot of people may answer based on how they view themselves, which would provide inaccurate and useless results.