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Old 04-10-2014, 11:18 AM   #580
Sundae
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
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OMG - just had the hardest online assessment EVAH.
(Rival supermarket)

Multi-tasking test, apparently.
A five figure sum to mark true or false, okay all numbers under ten, but an example might be
6 - 9 + 7 + 3 - 5 = 3
Thank goodness for my recent sojourn in Key Stage One, learning number bonds alongside the children and marking Awesome Addition and the rest twice a week. I genuinely have trouble with numbers that I have fought hard to find ways around.

At the same time checking a six letter set of random letters for repetition; correct if any one letter is repeated. I found it helped to say them out loud.

At the same time as catching a descending ball in a bucket by moving the mouse left and right.

Oh yeah and each section times out.

What's that you say?
No, I'm not applying to be CEO of the company.
The vacancy under which my assessment was sent was that of Catering Assistant.
(Actually bottom of my list, because when it comes to cooking I'm nowhere near as good at multi-tasking as my ball in bucket skills may suggest).
Still it all goes on my file for the other vacancies I've applied for at that company.

And these days we all know a job is a job is a job.
If it keeps the Dizcat and I together and I can make an honest living I'll jump through any hoops I have to.
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