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Your Next Job Application Could Involve a Video Game
Brittni Daron jumped through a lot of hoops before she landed her job as a solution consultant at Oracle. At the tech giant, as at other firms in Silicon Valley to which she applied, she endured weeks — and occasionally months — of phone interviews, in-person interviews, mock presentations, personality tests and technical tests for both the skills she claimed to have and those she didn’t. This might sound a little ridiculous, but it’s not unusual.
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Video games is a fantastic way to test a person's wit and problem solving capabilities. It also shows a lot more about the person when watching them play, and especially loose. I don't know if all of these methods should be used when it comes to job applications however, some people just aren't good at games in general.