Are Personality Tests Actually Useful Or Just “Corporate Astrology?”
In this episode, Kaila and Kyle dig into occupational personality tests—from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, to the science-backed Big Five—and debate their legitimacy, when they might be useful in the workplace, and whether or not they should be used at all.
00:00 Intro
01:00 Myers-Briggs (MBTI)
03:57 Criticism of the Myers-Briggs
07:28 The CliftonStrengths Assessment
18:11 The Big Five Personality Test (OCEAN)
25:19 A big critique of personality tests
27:29 Tactics
New York Times article cited in the episode: Personality Tests Are the Astrology of the Office
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