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I have been through all the rounds of a hiring process with a company recently, initial screen, passed, coding challenge, passed, technical questions, passed and so I am one of the finalists and I get an MCore and EQi assessment to complete.

Is anyone familiar with them?

I am reading them and not really liking it because these are basically those psychological assessments that the conventional HR type of environment gives.

I feel at a disadvantage in completing a psychological assessment in the sense that I have proven I have the skill, but it seems that a few candidates have proven the same, so it seems they are just arbitrarily going with the conventional approach. Most of these psychological assessments have historically just weeded out independent thinkers and history shows that management does not know how to manage independent units, not even partially independent.

MCore is to identify my motivational drives. They could just simply ask me and they did, but I guess its a don't believe your lying eyes type of thing and EQi is just assessing emotional intelligence which that one I am not as much bothered by as I am not a sociopath, but just bothered by the fact that these are the final factors to be having or not having a job.

I did some research on this MCore and its probably a tool they use for assessing what motivates their clients and its being used for what motivates me. Not sure what to think about that.

EQi doesn't make me feel that at ease when the questions as I have seen them from learning about Daniel Goleman is something like: Even when I am very excited about something my passions don’t overwhelm my reason. 1=not true, 2=generally not true, 3=generally true, 4=very frequently true, 5=always true.

I have always thought, what is the difference between not true and generally not true?

This is disappointing, I would have much preferred they gave me a two week trial or three month trial and organically get to know me as a colleague having worked with me, but of course they would have had to pay me and so they are probably not trying to do that.

Real bummed out about this because I was loving everything about them from initial screening, coding challenge, technical interview, meeting with the team. I aced it all and more importantly it occurred in a mutually respectful manner.

Typically, in my interview experience, interviewers can't help but show their pejorative tone and they project, "I am the traditional hierarchical boss that will micro-manage" all over the place. It's in the body language and how questions are asked. Yes, I am assessing them too, and when I can I make my decisions based of what I see, when I have no choice I just accept the job knowing what I am getting into until something better comes along.

The other type of negative interviewing experience is when the team tries to haze you and I have had my fair share of that as well. Yes, it's a thing, unfortunately.

With these guys, very respectful all the way through and they are pro-remote work and just check off all the boxes of a company I would love to be and then this happens.

So should I tell them how I feel before I take this test, after I take this test or not at all? Either way, this last step I see no different than a coin toss, but again, if they are truly interested in getting to know me, I am wondering if I should share with them what I have shared here or if I am just wasting my time.