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re: Johnson O'Connor aptitude testing, anyone take it?
Posted on 1/20/20 at 4:44 pm to lgtiger
Posted on 1/20/20 at 4:44 pm to lgtiger
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Johnson O'Connor aptitude testing, anyone take it?
Okay, sir, this is to figure out what your aptitude's good at and get you a jail job while you're being a particular individual in jail.
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Posted on 1/20/20 at 4:47 pm to dbeck
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Okay, sir, this is to figure out what your aptitude's good at and get you a jail job while you're being a particular individual in jail.
Nah, that would be the Timothy Leary assessment that he created, and subsequently took when sentenced to prison, so he could get garden work and escape.
Posted on 1/20/20 at 4:48 pm to fallguy_1978
Same here. It was actually pretty fascinating and changed the way I viewed some of my strengths/weaknesses.
Posted on 1/20/20 at 4:59 pm to lgtiger
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Johnson O'Connor
I have no clue about the test but that is one fantastic name.
Posted on 1/20/20 at 5:27 pm to lgtiger
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Thanks, they have been around since the 20's
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Posted on 1/20/20 at 6:59 pm to fallguy_1978
The company I retired from required you to do this kind of testing before you were hired, They would let you take it every couple of years.
Mine always said I would be great in technical sales. I sold for that company for 28 years, but it wasn't technical sales. I sold advertising.
Mine always said I would be great in technical sales. I sold for that company for 28 years, but it wasn't technical sales. I sold advertising.
This post was edited on 1/20/20 at 7:08 pm
Posted on 1/20/20 at 7:06 pm to lgtiger
Oh yeah, I took it. They said I should be a fire watcher. What are you supposed to be?
Posted on 1/20/20 at 7:15 pm to Aubie Spr96
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Example of an aptitude test was the block test. They had several blocks of increasing size that you had to put together. They were broken into all kinds of odd shapes. It took me FOREVER to put that stupid block back together which means that my spacial acuity was awful. It's VERY hard for me to visualize things in three dimensions. This would make it extraordinarily hard for me to be a surgeon or engineer.
Hated that one too, and the girl sitting right in front of you the entire time you work on it doesn’t help.
Posted on 1/20/20 at 7:35 pm to JumpingTheShark
A buddy of mine, a CIO for a large bank here in Bham, put the blocks together so fast that they asked if he’d done it before. He’s brilliant and definitely an engineer type. However, he was terrible at other things.
The point of the test is to identify the things you are good at then match you with potential careers that use those aptitudes. You wouldn’t want to be good at everything. You’d never be happy in any job.
To the OP, I can’t recommend it enough and would highly advise it to anyone looking to begin a career or make a mid-life change like I did.
The point of the test is to identify the things you are good at then match you with potential careers that use those aptitudes. You wouldn’t want to be good at everything. You’d never be happy in any job.
To the OP, I can’t recommend it enough and would highly advise it to anyone looking to begin a career or make a mid-life change like I did.
Posted on 1/20/20 at 9:02 pm to Aubie Spr96
I took an IQ test when I was 4 or 5 and they asked me what animal beef came from.
I frickin' nailed that one.
I frickin' nailed that one.
Posted on 1/20/20 at 9:16 pm to USMEagles
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I took an IQ test when I was 4 or 5 and they asked me what animal beef came from.
I did, too. Got a B+. 88 is pretty damn good, but I could have done better.
Posted on 2/14/20 at 10:41 am to lgtiger
Bump. Curious if the OP went and had the testing done.
Posted on 2/14/20 at 10:57 am to lgtiger
I took one when I was 19, it identified accounting or a similar field as something I was well suited for. Years later I went to grad school in business and took my first accounting courses, I quickly learned there was nothing in the world I hated more. Fortunately I had already pursed a career in something that interested me, not what a test told me to do.
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