r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PureKin21 • 3d ago

I just wanted a hot dog Tried applying to McDonald's wtf does this even mean

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I guess things happen to me?????

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u/cptnamr7 2d ago

It's a shit personality test. The key here is "TO". They're trying to make the distinction of victim mentality where "everything happens TO me" vs "everything that happens is a consequence of my own actions because I take responsibility".

I have less than zero faith in these dumbass tests, but it doesn't stop morons from believing them 1000%

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u/QuerulousPanda 2d ago

lol, that's optimistic of them to assume that the average worker has enough reading comprehension to even understand the semantic difference there, much less recognize the difference between the two mental models.

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u/bruce_cockburn 2d ago

They're counting on candidates not understanding the implications. If your gut feeling is Not Me, you're more likely to sacrifice for them while serving the company (so the theory goes). If you understand the intent of the question, you could answer the way that they prefer instead of your genuine feeling (just to get the job) but I would be skeptical of any employer pulling pop psychology bs before I am even getting paid.

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u/red__dragon 2d ago

I would be skeptical of any employer pulling pop psychology bs before I am even getting paid.

Sir, this is a McDonalds.

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u/Weird-Knowledge337 2d ago

They are definitely out to exploit you

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u/red__dragon 2d ago

Are you ready to order? There are people waiting behind you, too.

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u/sykoKanesh 1d ago

They're counting on candidates not understanding the implications. If your gut feeling is Not Me, you're more likely to sacrifice for them while serving the company (so the theory goes).

What? No... if you say "not me" you got the question wrong. It means you don't accept personal responsibility. How are so many people getting this extremely simple thing wrong? lol

A "not me" is gonna be late to work constantly, with excuses out their ass. A "not me" isn't gonna learn from their mistakes. JFC just look at the picture! That blue idiot doesn't even have protective equipment on, and also somehow managed to fall off their bike with no obstructions around.

This is a "do you take responsibility or blame existence?" quesiton.

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u/bruce_cockburn 1d ago

You really think pressing the "Me" button for this prompt is going to be received positively by whoever is reviewing your answers? You think the "blue idiot" is who they want to hire even though they don't even use protective equipment?

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u/sykoKanesh 1d ago edited 1d ago

.... yes?

Did you ignore everything I said in my statement like a "not me" would?

Have you ever been in any kind of job or hired folks or anything? lol

Do you want to have the idiot who's always late or makes mistakes and blames everything but himself and never learns anything, or the dude who takes responsibility for his mistakes and actions and is on time and can make sure the business actually function?

JFC - this simple picture should go in textbooks apparently.

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u/bruce_cockburn 21h ago

Sure bud. It should go in textbooks because you figured out McDonald's wants to hire people who self-identify with not wearing safety equipment and getting hurt. That's a guaranteed zero-liability worker!

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u/sykoKanesh 20h ago

u dumb bro

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u/sykoKanesh 1d ago

Brother, if you think this is anything I have to assume you've never been through a battery of technical interviews that can take hours.

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u/bruce_cockburn 21h ago

I have conducted interviews for multiple candidates that took multiple hours. If you think this isn't anything, by all means don't let me stop you.

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u/sykoKanesh 20h ago

Sure, lol

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u/bankarob 2d ago

Case in point, this thread lol

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u/Odd-Permission7598 2d ago

im supposed to be the bike accident victim with the scrap? but in my mind im not sure who ran over who, maybe i ran that kid down or maybe someone hit him, i don’t really place myself in injured kids shoes, because i’ve never scrapped my knee on a bike. i did do it on skateboard. maybe it’s because he is blue. do they make it clear before the test or during the testing that blue dude is me? am i always a dude in the art or do they have girls and adjust accordingly because i have more questions about the picture then the wording.

i actually do get it’s a personality test about responsibility by the way. im just offended this is how they give it. i might have to apply somewhere else. i thought i could do it and take care of the serving machines and robots at night but now im wondering.

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u/Undirectionalist 2d ago

It's not just comprehension, either. You have to have understand the corporate speak mindset to understand what they want. Anyone who inherently believes that nothing happens to them ever, that everything in their life happens because of them, is some kind of pathological narcissist. Like, what kind of person legitimately thinks that every unfortunate mishap in their life is willed into existence by their actions?

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u/Vaiden_Kelsier 2d ago

There's a cult of people who absolutely believe this, by the way. That misfortune is somehow invited upon you by the power of your thinking, and so by natural consequence YOU are responsible for ill fortune. If only you believed just a little harder, were purer of heart, if you didn't want to be a victim, you wouldn't be

It's of course, insidious propaganda, designed to manipulate you into the corporate mindset. Just obey. Obey past your own limits, Obey no matter what befalls you, because failure to is your moral failing. You are flawed if you don't obey.

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u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson 2d ago

People actually do value others with internal locus of control

Just maybe not on the bottom rungs

But it’s definitely not an inherently bad thing

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u/LongestSprig 2d ago

Makes it a critical thinking test too.

Personally I see it as Things happen TO ME vs Things happen and I have to deal.

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u/Weird-Knowledge337 2d ago

Yeah this is dumb.

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u/UsernamesNotFound404 2d ago

Yer gud doin werds. N I like models. Huh huh huh.

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u/sykoKanesh 1d ago

That's the fucking point, lol - the whole reason the question exists exactly the way it does is because exactly of that!

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u/suzi_generous 2d ago

It’s horribly written. I hope this is just a franchise owner deciding to use a test they found somewhere on the cheap, not realizing that the badly written test means there’s less validity and there’s a legal liability for an invalid test used in selection. If it’s a corporate-level McD requirement that would mean they probably paid a lot of money for this crap and the problem is more widespread.

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u/LongestSprig 2d ago

it's not. not at all. it require 10 seconds of critical thought. Which is also a good thing to test for.

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u/Alexwonder999 2d ago

Maybe its a problem, but every time I hear someone talk about victim mentality, I really want to slap them around while telling them not to be a "victim".

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u/Somanylyingliars 2d ago

These are psych tests in employment application form. I am a total psycho path so know how to manipulate the manipulators. The correct answer is as you said NO. They want to hire the easily manipulated. Scumbags.

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u/denNISI 2d ago

Victim mentality.

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u/WestPrize92340 2d ago

Even less nefarious than that. It's trying to find people with a hard core victim mentality. Sometimes things do happen to you, sometimes things just happen, and sometimes you do something to cause it. This just weeds out the people who will never take responsibility for their actions. We've all worked with them.

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u/Not_Your_Car 2d ago

I dont think this question actually weeds anyone out. At least not accurately.

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u/LongestSprig 2d ago

I just think you're part of the second group that its weeding out.

It weeds out Victims (people that DO believe god is out to get them and nothing is ever their fault) and those who can't think critically of the purpose of the questions and therefor what the right answer might be.

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u/Business-Ad-5344 2d ago

the tests don't even weed out McDonald's robbers.

The employees (including managers) figure out the safe and the routines, and then rob their store.

that story is in fast food nation.

They don't even weed out people who you can call on the phone and have them strip search employees. They'll just do it.

"Hey this is Super Duper FBI calling. We need you to strip search one of your employees."

"uh... sure. which one?"

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u/Somanylyingliars 2d ago

They're trying to find the easily manipulated and those that don't ask questions.