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i applied for a job at toys r us

Carl with a KCarl with a K Registered User regular
edited June 2007 in Social Entropy++
like two days ago

and the application was fucking retarded

it asked me if i was a felon like 5 times which i guess i can understand but

then it just went into like a myspace quiz

i swear to god it said this, verbatim

"Friends are useless, they always let you down.

[] Strongly Agree
[] Agree
[] Disagree
[] Strongly Disagree"

there were 50 questions like that

what does that have to do with stocking toys

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Hookers are useless, they shouldn't be allowed to live.

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Last I checked Toys R Us didn't even have its own website. It was just fronted by Amazon.com. That's gotta be a bad sign for investors.

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  • Carl with a KCarl with a K Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Monkeybomb wrote: »
    Hookers are useless, they shouldn't be allowed to live.
    [x] Agree

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Faces are useless, they shouldn't be allowed to be on babies' heads.

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited June 2007
    was it online

    i know best buy and circuit city use those style questions

    both apparently use the same company to make their interviews

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Monkeybomb is useless, he hasn't bought me booze yet.

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  • Ramen NoodleRamen Noodle whoa, god has a picture of me! Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    i applied at some resteraunts
    i need a fucking job that isn't lifeguarding. god i hate that shit.

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  • Dublo7Dublo7 Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    they're probably checking if you will snap and kill masses of families one day.

    Hell, I would, if I had to repeatedly listen to the fucking music they play in that store...

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  • RedeemerRedeemer Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Yeah I remember Best Buy having some weird questions when I applied there

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  • FizFiz Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Blockbuster makes you do one of those tests. It was 37 pages.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    scarlet st. wrote: »
    Monkeybomb is useless, he hasn't bought me booze yet.

    at the very first opportunity I won't not not buy you liquor

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  • Carl with a KCarl with a K Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Keith wrote: »
    was it online

    i know best buy and circuit city use those style questions

    both apparently use the same company to make their interviews
    yeah, i went in store to apply and they sent me home with a url

    i'm still waiting for an email back

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  • scarlet st.scarlet st. Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Monkeybomb wrote: »
    scarlet st. wrote: »
    Monkeybomb is useless, he hasn't bought me booze yet.

    at the very first opportunity I won't not not buy you liquor

    That still means I'm out liquor so fuck you

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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    [x]other
    -Friends are delicious, i wish i had more friends.

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  • TM2 RampageTM2 Rampage Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    scarlet st. wrote: »
    Last I checked Toys R Us didn't even have its own website. It was just fronted by Amazon.com. That's gotta be a bad sign for investors.
    It has its own site now, I believe

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  • FortyTwoFortyTwo strongest man in the world The Land of Pleasant Living Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Are you a child molester?

    []yes
    []no
    []HELL YES?

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  • tuggatugga Makin' movies Makin' songsRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    i went to a group interview at toys r us once

    they made us introduce ourselves like a support group

    then they made us play pictionary on a white board, and i cannot draw at all

    then they made us design a toy for a child

    i just wanted another warehouse job

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  • SephSeph Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Do you like children?
    []no
    []yes
    []very much so, yes
    []yesssssssssss
    []they will be like a key unto new worlds
    []what is a children?

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  • Carl with a KCarl with a K Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    tugga wrote: »
    i went to a group interview at toys r us once

    they made us introduce ourselves like a support group

    then they made us play pictionary on a white board, and i cannot draw at all

    then they made us design a toy for a child

    i just wanted another warehouse job
    what the hell that awesome

    ok this is the first job i've ever applied for how long do i wait before giving up hope of getting hired

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  • FirmSkaterFirmSkater Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    My sister did the online application like that for a store. Apparently there is a set of answers that are pretty much guaranteed to get you the job. She used them and was hired.

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  • Carl with a KCarl with a K Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    FirmSkater wrote: »
    My sister did the online application like that for a store. Apparently there is a set of answers that are pretty much guaranteed to get you the job. She used them and was hired.
    well where the fuck where you when i was filling out my application ASSHOLE

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2007
    My roommate's wife works at Babies R Us

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  • Evil MultifariousEvil Multifarious Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I worked at toys r us as a seasonal in second year university

    It was pretty good until November/December

    Then it was like the gates of Hell opened and they emerged but they weren't demons or lost souls, they were stinking sniveling children and their zombified useless parents and they all wanted pokemon

    we didn't have enough pokemon

    quit on the first of november

    you poor fucking soul

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    karl, places like that will often have a long waiting list and an fast turnover rate

    what I'm saying is I have no idea

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Is religion the opiate of the people?

    Paper or plastic?

    How much wood would a woochuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

    Do you believe in the heart of the cards?

    and various other questions that determine your abilities to work a cash register

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  • Kuribo's ShoeKuribo's Shoe Kuribo's Stocking North PoleRegistered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Carl with a K wrote: »
    like two days ago

    and the application was fucking retarded

    it asked me if i was a felon like 5 times which i guess i can understand but

    then it just went into like a myspace quiz

    i swear to god it said this, verbatim

    "Friends are useless, they always let you down.

    [] Strongly Agree
    [] Agree
    [] Disagree
    [] Strongly Disagree"

    there were 50 questions like that

    what does that have to do with stocking toys

    it's basically a personality test to determine what you're good at and whether you're a dirty thieving bastard

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  • ShurakaiShurakai Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    But its so obvious.

    I took one of those tests for Future Shop (best buyish store of Canada)

    Anyone with two neurons to rub together can figure out the right answers.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I failed one of those personality tests once because I was honest

    whooooooooops

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  • ShoggothShoggoth Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    A lot of company's use pretty much the same personality test.

    Everyone lies.

    It is dumb.

    Fin.

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Shurakai wrote: »
    But its so obvious.

    I took one of those tests for Future Shop (best buyish store of Canada)

    Anyone with two neurons to rub together can figure out the right answers.

    Maybe that's the real test.

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  • MonkeybombMonkeybomb Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Yeah the point of that test is just to weed out the people that are too stupid to lie.

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  • ShoggothShoggoth Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Because that's what American industry thrives on, filthy liars.

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  • guruslothgurusloth Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    If you pass the test, you demonstrate your desire to not get caught being a thief. They already assume you'd steal if given the opportunity, they just want people who are afraid of getting caught, so that they'll (theoretically) do it less.

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    Best Buy's was like a 20 fucking page questionnaire.


    Do you work hard?

    A. Very
    B. Somewhat
    C. Not so much

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  • WiseguyWiseguy __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    did the holocaust really happen?

    A. Yes
    B. holocaust?

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Last fall, I applied for around 10 normal retail jobs. The majority of them used those questions, and were online.


    I didn't get any of the jobs. Not a single one. I'm actually still unemployed. I'm trying to get some certifiable skills or something just because those fucking quizes bashed my spirits in so much.

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  • Dangerou-DaveDangerou-Dave __BANNED USERS regular
    edited June 2007
    Man, I would rather, and have, take a labor job over retail.

    Better pay...always work to do so the day goes by fast...and shooting the shit with co-workers is usually better at labor jobs.

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  • ShoggothShoggoth Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    I think maybe no one ever actually gets hired online. You have to go in and bug the manager like a month straight.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    HadjiQuest wrote: »
    Last fall, I applied for around 10 normal retail jobs. The majority of them used those questions, and were online.


    I didn't get any of the jobs. Not a single one. I'm actually still unemployed. I'm trying to get some certifiable skills or something just because those fucking quizes bashed my spirits in so much.

    Those tests are easy.

    Basically go into the test with this mind set.

    I am selfish person only considerate of my own venture into retail. If my best friend steals 20 cents to buy medicine for his mother dying of cancer I will call the fucking cops and push for the goddam death penalty.

    Also I would like to become manager of MacDonalds someday.

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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited June 2007
    Shoggoth wrote: »
    I think maybe no one ever actually gets hired online. You have to go in and bug the manager like a month straight.


    I did that once, and I even had someone put in a good word for me, and he was all like "SHIT! YOU SCORED A CODE YELLOW! GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY STORE!"

    I was very confused by the whole affair.

    Edit: There was actually some creepy reformed pedophile guy working there at the time, too. He slept in his car between shifts.

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