Employers want confident, high energy and team oriented leaders. When taking any assessment keep this in mind. It's not boasting to strongly agree to statements that reflect your achievement, teamwork or work effort. Always strongly disagree with any statement that casts aspersions on others. Hope this helps you. Can not be middle of road on these test, they want leaders.

Get the book Strengths Finder 2.0 by Don Clifton In the back of the book will be a code that you can use to log into their website and take their strengths finder test. It will tell you whether you are best suited for a sales position, accounting, detailed work, extrovert or introvert. the company is looking for a certain type of individual. This is the best advice I can give you. Regards, Mike H

It is sad to know, as I read the responses, and as well true, that these prescreens tests are just to match you with a personality profile, that I find completely absurd, in every day life there are not black and white answers, and even though we all have a set of values, the situations, and conditioning factors determine different actions to create a balance. I understand that a general knowledge test is meaningful and appropriate but those psychological test are just a game, some people are able to play them around to pass, others are honest enough and fail. In my opinion, be yourself, and do in honesty the best you can, weather you fail or past you will keep your integrity in a good stand. I always remember someone telling me, "when a door closes on you, a better one will open". I BELIEVE is TRUE. Happy New year. All the best for you.

I think. There is a double standard in management to the new employee in the hiring process.This is not ethical for a business and make me not want to be part of that company or origination.

If you want additional information on “Applicant Tracking Systems” (ATS) you can Google it – research it. Google it using the quotations marks. 92% of all employers use some form of an ATS. This is up from 80% within the last 18 months. Virtually all Fortune 500 use an ATS. For example, If you are uploading your resume in PDF format, it is likely that the ATS can’t scan it. PDF is a picture. Best to use some version of text or MS Word. Research it.

Many of you have encountered this Assessment and have answered it as honestly as you could. This assessment or test was not designed for the average person to pass and the only way to truly “pass” this test and not get put into the “red” or “yellow” lists is to do a little social engineering and study of the assessment. The most important aspect one must remember when taking the Unicru Personality Assessment is that it is NOT designed to look for psychologically sound and honest people.

You can now add Verizon as also using the Unicru as part of their assessment. Almost every person who has completed applications have seen the Unicru, but it is rare that they are aware on how to leverage their responses.

Verizon is now among the companies that uses the Unicru Personality assessment format for some of their prescreening. A growing number of businesses are using it and it disarms the person being assessed by starting out by saying something like “…there is no right or wrong response, just give your best answer…”, which is a lie from the very beginning. There are only two possibly correct responses depending on the question and the corresponding answer. The possible responses are: Always Agree, Agree, Disagree, Always Disagree. The questions may be ambiguous and, especially veterans, try to be as honest as possible. Unfortunately, it is not an honesty test as Unicru did not tell the truth from the very beginning. The responses will be either Always Agree or Always Disagree and the person being assessed has to try to put themselves in the employers position and ask themselves, “Why is this being asked?” I.E. “Any trouble that I may be in is my own fault?” This question practically begs for an internal response. The correct answer is “Always Agree”. The employer wants to know if you are willing to accept responsibility for your actions. Further, employers using the Unicru are not wanting wishy-washy responses. For Verizon, I think the Unicru is a key section of their assessment being failed.

It is often hard to not answer some of these questions truthfully even though you know the expected answers. For example, you may be a person who often deals with judiciary issues, and may have a lot of respect for the court system. One question commonly seen is "It is maddening when the court lets guilty criminals go free ". He/she may know that they are supposed to answer "Strongly Agree" but just can't, because he/she may know there are often good reasons to let a seemingly "guilty criminal" go free: the prosecution may not have proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt and/or the defendant's rights may have been violated.

The questions evolve over time and may be changed or rearranged and then repeated/restated.

It was in August 2006 that Kronos acquired Unicru, Inc., a company specializing in software used to assess and hire hourly workers. At the time of the acquisition by Kronos, Unicru has as customers more than 140 leading companies and brands, including SuperValu, Kroger, Toys "R" Us, Best Buy, CVS, Borders, Lowe's, Home Depot, Wal-Mart, Verizon, American Airlines, Starbucks, Six Flags and Caribou Coffee (and 130+ others).

Based on the prospective employee's answers on the application, the Unicru assessment categorizes the applicant as red, yellow or green. In most cases, red is usually an automatic discard. If not automatic, either by policy or that managers are being strongly discouraged from hiring either “red” or “yellow” scored applicants; they may only consider “green” scored assessments.

One tip is if you are taking Microsoft office tests, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook, DO NOT use your right click on the mouse, the tests are on a different type of platform than Microsoft office and you will be marked wrong for each question that you right click to answer! I hope this helps- I always use the right click feature on my own computer or in the office, but it doesn't work the same on assessment tests!! Good luck!!

Try putting yourself in the place of the employer. Like trading places, what would you want in a employee. If the assessment test deals with agree or disagree try to stay away from strongly disagree or strongly agree, be honest.

Hello Louise:

There are many assessment/talent diagnostic tools in use and determining which one a prospective employer is using may be difficult if not impossible to determine. My suggestion is to follow up and request feedback from the either the hiring manager or person administering the assessment. Getting a screener to take the time may require some very tactful persistence on your part, but having that information is the only way you can develop an informed job search strategy. Good Luck

I've answered questions with an "agree" instead of a "strongly agree" and passed but pay close attention to the question. Of course questions like "It's ok to take things from work every once in a while" should be a resounding "Strongly Disagree" but "I cannot be swayed from a decision once I put my mind to it" I feel is allowed to have a simple agree because you're stating you are sure of your abilities, but not so stubborn as to be close minded about other opinions or outlooks. Also, as everyone else has stated, be consistent. Pay close attention to each question but work as quickly as possible. Some tests are timed so if you take too long, it's like you're trying to pick the right answer to please them instead of reacting naturally.

Study,study,etc. Rehearse it with someone.

Read questions carefully and provide similar responses to questions that assess the same trait...