The first round of divorces - my children's peers

Agreed when - but what would be the point, I always say. Pretending to be that bubbly outgoing rhino-skinned sales person - just perfect for the role when in reality you are shy, sensitive and retiring. The one I used to use most had a pretty good lie detector scale, which when used with the rest of the profile used to flag up the occasional "faking good" person, along with one or two who on the same scale came out too bad to be true as in sent by job centre and didn't want the job
Also to fake a psychometric you need to know what the recruiter is looking for - and not looking for - in terms of personality.

Jess one memorable appointee to a therapeutic team I worked with sabotaged her tests, told the intervewers, and convinced them she would make a useful psychologist for testing offenders whilst completing her PhD. She took a risk, but stood out from the rest and becase she gave an impressive inerview she got the job.

Sorry about the diversion...........

Snap, we all seem to have the same qualification. Imo the main problem with personality tests is to decide what you are looking for. So many managers think they want people like them but the best teams are made up of a variety of people of different types.

The only tests worth using are ones which have the inbuilt lie detector but then all the reputable ones do. The first time I was tested I was amazed at how right they were. The tests showed not only the things I liked about me but also the things I was not so keen on. Since then I have found that although I know how they work they still find the real me. I don't think many would try to cheat as there would be very little point. I know it is off the point but I also like the ability tests and found them very useful in the work environment. Like the time I tested 2 AP managers with fairly basic arithmetic and they failed miserably. Both said they were never any good at 'maths'. Why were they in AP?

Isn't this thread about relationships working or not? Even when you can identify relationship instability, sexual dissatisfaction, infidelity, stresses and strains of debt, illness and fatigue, insight doesn't necessarily bring improvement unless both parties can invest the commitment. Psychometric testing has little or no part in that. Relationship counselling can at least help them bring the relationship to an end without acrimony, if they can't end it satisfactorily between themselves. It's probably been said before - humans enter and leave relationships over time and don't necessarily mate for life, especially when women can provide for themselves and their children nowadays.

Yes those aptitude tests very revealing sometimes.
yes we got off track completely.

I married at 22 and I do believe that was rather young. We actually stayed together for 39 years although the marriage was over as soon as I received my Asperger's diagnosis. It does take a lot of commitment to stay with someone who has a disability like that.

Although I had no intention of leaving the marriage, being "set free" did give me the liberty to reconsider who I really am in depth and come to a conclusion that led to a complete rebirth of my personality. Is that sort of experience common?