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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 4055931" data-attributes="member: 53">Back when I was an assistant manager at a large video chain they started using one of these.  When someone filled out an application we would get back the information within a few minutes.  There would be a rating based on how you answered the questionnaire.  The rating wasn't detailed, basically it was excellent, flawed or no way.  Needless to say we never looked at the bottom rating and only took the top candidates of the middle rating.Also, we certainly weren't looking for people that would be unlikely to last.  In retail it's pretty common to hire someone, get them trained where they are comfortable and then have them leave.  It's pretty much a waste of time and effort and companies today are much more wary of hiring those who are almost certain to be looking for a way out as soon as they are hired.In fact, when the place where I was working last year was shutdown by the parent company, a large number of people were hired by another company in the area (I believe somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of the people there now came from where I worked).  They were looking for experienced people with a good work ethic who weren't going to leave after they were trained and comfortable with their position.</blockquote>