Personality Testing; Myth and Realities
It is commonly believed myth that personality testing
instruments can measure your personality and predict your future
behaviors. The pre-employment testing mechanism has been
following this creed without any solid evidence. The testing
industry claims all out validity. The educational institutions
and employer organizations use them for screening purposes.
Their transparency and equity has even convinced the courts of
law.
But it is still an unresolved riddle; what do they test?
Do they test personality? What is personality then? What is its
nature? How does it come into existence? Is it outcome of
evolution? Does matter has capability to generate a personality?
Why animals don