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Job applicants likely to fake answers on personality tests
A new study by a team of researchers led by CU-Boulder management professor Joe Rosse finds that many job applicants can and do lie on personality tests to get jobs they aren't qualified for.
According to the study, prospective employees fake their answers in order to make themselves look better in the eyes of the prospective employer.
The study, titled "The Impact of Response Distortion On Pre-Employment Personality Testing and Hiring Decisions," has just been accepted by the Journal of Applied Psychology. Its authors - including Rosse, Mary D. Stecher of the University of Northern Colorado, Janice L. Miller of Norwest Bank, and Robert A. Levin of the Center for Human Function & Work - found that most applicants distort their answers to some degree, and a smaller number exhibit extreme levels of "response distortion," or faking.
Rosse said many items on personality tests are transparent and that it's often relatively......

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