Ever Used a Unicru Cheat Sheet or a Surrogate?

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I'm posting this question here, rather than in the Work forum, for greater exposure:

Has anyone ever used a cheat sheet to answer a Unicru employment test, or had someone take the test for you?

Do you know personally someone who has done either?

You can pm me if you'd rather not say publicly. This is going to be an article about some hiring practices that may discriminate against those who are different. It's the real thing, and will give a national voice to this problem.


Thanks,

YC

A while back I posted similar questions regarding the Unicru "test". I got some good feedback- especially how to research potential answer sheets on-line. I also confronted the manager of a bookstore (Borders) about possible alternative methods of applying for a job. He said there was no possible way. I asked him if he was aware of the potential discrimination posed by the Unicru test. He said he was not aware of any potential. I asked him if he felt it was ok for me to take the test and cheat or lie my way through it just to get to the interview stage. He refused to answer and asked me to leave the store.

I haven't, but I'm interested in the final article.

Here is a Wikipedia definition of Unicru:

What's Unicru? I've never taken the test before.

Most HR" people are IDIOTS! The unicru is obviously a test to try to avoid extreme preference, forces a preference, and assumes that 2 questions asked in different ways should elicit the same relative response. On the face of that, it is STUPID! Want to know WHY?

1. STRONG may be understood in different ways, or used to weight relative preference, and is therefore WORTHLESS as an exclusion factor.

2. There are WAY to many misunderstandings of languages, that a mistake is LIKELY on either side, and the new response may be taken in the context of preceding questions, so the idea of asking opposite questions is silly.

a. It sometimes rains in florida.
b. It does not sometimes rain in florida.

Is b the opposite of a? Many would say yes, though it is NOT! It sometimes rains in florida, and sometimes it does not rain in florida. So It does not sometimes rain in florida is FALSE! Regardless of whether anyone agrees with me on that last point, it shows the misunderstanding that can happen.

If I say I don't never steal, I am actually saying I sometimes do. In fact, it implies always. Should I assume they mean THAT, or have it as a dumb way to emphasize.

Besides, who writes the questions anyway?

What do you expect from people wanting 5 years of experience in VB5, and turned me down because I had 3, BECAUSE I USED THE BETA! It had only been marketed for 2 years. So they were BEGGING people to LIE!

I had to do a bunch of those this past year while applying for different jobs (retail jobs to make some money while looking for a job related to my career). Very hateful. And of course, I wasn't about to answer honestly as that would knock me out of the running, so I answered that I prefer working in groups, I don't prefer being alone, I like meeting new people, I don't mind interruptions, etc. If you answered honestly, the test would weed out everyone with AS, social anxiety, etc., which is just not fair if having those conditions wouldn't actually impact your ability to do the job. You don't have to be an extrovert to be a good cashier. A salesman maybe, but not a cashier and certainly not a stock-person.