Well, Did I Pass?

I had to travel into New York City today to take a psychometric assessment for a potential long-term contractual job with a major international financial institution. The assessment is one of these two hour tests where they look into your verbal, numerical and abstract reasoning abilities as well as your personality profile.

So, I jumped on the train (New Jersey Transit) this morning and headed into the city. When I got on the train, there was a group sitting across from me. They were all in their early- to mid-twenties. It was three guys and two girls. From their conversation, I could tell that they were headed into the city for a while and then heading to the Yankees game.

While they were chatting, one of the guys actually said “Sidney Ponson is pitching for the Yankees. He’s five and one; so, he’s one of their best pitchers.”

No, he wasn’t joking when he said this to his friends.

When I heard him say this, I thought to myself “Gosh, this guy is an idiot.”

It’s too bad that my psychometric assessment administrators were not there for my observation. I mean, how’s that for abstract reasoning abilities? Maybe that would have been proof enough and I could have saved myself a trip into the city (and seven and a half hours) in the process?

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