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mama-abroad · **spinoff: workathomeagent**

I just registered with them because I too would like to earn a few extra dollars in my spare time. I took the suitability survey, and I couldn't help but post a comment here about it. There were 52 questions, and I was warned before starting that I would need 30-45 minutes to answer the multiple-choice survey.

5 minutes later, I was finished. This was the STRANGEST survey I have ever taken when applying for work! The questions centered on honesty, and I was asked twice how often I use illegal drugs (very often, often, occasionally, seldom, never). Same for how often I steal from my employer. I think half the questions asked whether I thought it was ok to steal from my employer. Amazing! I wonder, does any truly dishonest person actually answer honestly to such obvious questions? Who do they manage to weed out through this survey?! I'm tempted to contact their HR department just to ask for statistics!!!

At any rate, thanks a lot for the tip. Don't know if it'll work for me, but I'd like to have the option. it would at least help cover my student loan payment every month! Good luck to the rest of you who were trying to sign up - let me know what you think of that survey!

ArkansasLady · 03-18-2007, 10:40 PM

is that the workathomeagent.com site...West?? if so they are a good company I worked for them for about 6 months..until the time it was taking started interfering with my schooling with my kids..
they are a reputable company..
~C~

MaDuncan · 03-18-2007, 10:57 PM

You know if you apply at walmart they have pretty much the exact same questionaire. My dh said he spoke with the general manager at walmart and its all based on a scoring process. They purposely try to confuse you to test you.

Missystuy · 03-19-2007, 07:16 AM

I applied once for this job, and was accepted, and interviewed. I passed the interview, then I never had time to complete the training and testing and let the oppurtunity pass me by. SO i reapplied a few months ago, about 6 months ago and I failed the quiz! I answered everything honestly, I don't do drugs, I've never stolen, ect, but I got an email saying, "thank you for the interst, but youwill not be suitable for this type of work" LOL I was bummed!

Daisymum · 03-19-2007, 08:44 AM

In HS I had to take a test like that to be hired at Sears. I thought it was really strange too, and of course I didnt do drugs or steal or anything, but I couldnt help but thinking, 'who in their right mind would answer, yes I do drugs often!?"

ssusan2971 · 03-20-2007, 06:28 PM

HA! My husband and I were just talking about this this weekend. He applied for a job once and had to fill out an application like this. When he finished and turned it in he asked how many people actually admitted to anything. The human resources person told him that he'd be surprised at how many people they weed out with all those questions. The guy said a lot of people would say something like they haven't done drugs in a week or whatever and thought that sounded good. Or they would say that all they did was smoke pot. Insane!! I guess people that do those things don't even realize that not everyone thinks it's OK.

EmberNevill · 03-20-2007, 06:58 PM

The survey is pretty silly to us sane people! LOL

welovejesus · 09-11-2007, 11:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mama-abroad

I just registered with them because I too would like to earn a few extra dollars in my spare time. I took the suitability survey, and I couldn't help but post a comment here about it. There were 52 questions, and I was warned before starting that I would need 30-45 minutes to answer the multiple-choice survey.

5 minutes later, I was finished. This was the STRANGEST survey I have ever taken when applying for work! The questions centered on honesty, and I was asked twice how often I use illegal drugs (very often, often, occasionally, seldom, never). Same for how often I steal from my employer. I think half the questions asked whether I thought it was ok to steal from my employer. Amazing! I wonder, does any truly dishonest person actually answer honestly to such obvious questions? Who do they manage to weed out through this survey?! I'm tempted to contact their HR department just to ask for statistics!!!

At any rate, thanks a lot for the tip. Don't know if it'll work for me, but I'd like to have the option. it would at least help cover my student loan payment every month! Good luck to the rest of you who were trying to sign up - let me know what you think of that survey!

so mamaabroad, what pond are you across?! i worked for waha (abbr.) last summer for about 3 or 4 months. i enjoyed what i did, but came to find out that they take calls from anything to Gospel videos, books, vacuums, to girlie magazines. i quit after that. i really have no interest in trying to take orders from men wanting to buy those. the 1 call i did take for one was not a pleasant call. i'd maybe ask them about something like this. i know they also took calls from something like the girls gone wild series or something. i had received an email about this (after i put in a complaint about the other) saying that we'd get bonuses or something, the more we would try to "upsell" these. best wishes.

may God and Jesus bless you always,
joelle

Happymom · 09-12-2007, 08:14 AM

I hope it works for you! I did it for about 3 times but could not stand the work!! You just have to keep trying to push crap on these poor people and I just could not do that. You also get alot of weirdos calling!! But I know it works fine for some people, I guess I am just not a salesman type person.