《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit97:求职中的性格测试

　　Unit 97
Personality Test for Job Hunting
Consider, if you are going for a job, one key question: why do you want it? Consider, if you work in personnel, the reverse key question: what qualities do you want for the job?
Unlike IQ tests, personality tests try to answer the subtle questions of what you are like. It is all about giving the right impression and that is something you can manipulate. You cannot fake brains but you can fake attitude.
You can do some jobs only if you have the ability. If you are a brilliant physicist¹, you may annoy people if you are rude but your personality will not affect your ability to work out new equations. Most jobs are not so cerebral². To do them well you need to have the ability and also the right personality.
Again if you know that success in a job depends often as much on personality as on intelligence -- especially when you have to deal with the public, you need to know clearly your own strengths and weaknesses when looking for jobs. Now read the following list:
Potential strengths: 1. Like dealing³ with people; 2. Not shy; 3. Enthusiastic; 4. Persistent⁴ in sorting out problems; 5. Clear long-term goals; 6. Stable; 7. Enjoy sorting out people's problems; 8. Taking criticism well.
Potential weaknesses: 1. Easily make anxious; 2. Become silent easily; 3. Not very active; 4. Don't care which job you do; 5. hate being criticized; 6. Hate dealing with difficult people.
Any kind of personality test is not about right or wrong answers but about finding out more about yourself, and about conveying the impression you want to convey.
Not everyone will be to describe their personality well but the list above is a start to help you think about what you are like. This should help you work out what kind of job you should go for. For example, if you et bored doing routine work, being a clerk is likely to make you feel unhappy and to give you little job satisfaction. Personality tests can help avoid a mismatch between the demands of the job and your own needs.
Most psychologists accept that our personalities⁵ stay pretty consistent unless we are going through a difficult or dramatic period in our lives. Not all aspects of personality can be measured -- every individual has unique quirks⁶ -- but those that psychologists can quantify are known as traits and the theories behind them are known as trait theories.
Psychologists have had some success in developing trait theories. They have devised questionnaires which ask people to report on their behaviors, feelings and attitudes. From their answers, the psychologists decide patterns of responses. Analyze⁷ the patterns and you get a score for an individual on different personality traits.

1 physicist   

n.物理学家，研究物理学的人

参考例句：

• He is a physicist of the first rank.他是一流的物理学家。
• The successful physicist never puts on airs.这位卓有成就的物理学家从不摆架子。

2 cerebral   

adj.脑的，大脑的；有智力的，理智型的

参考例句：

• Your left cerebral hemisphere controls the right-hand side of your body.你的左半脑控制身体的右半身。
• He is a precise,methodical,cerebral man who carefully chooses his words.他是一个一丝不苟、有条理和理智的人，措辞谨慎。

3 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

4 persistent   

adj.坚持不懈的，执意的；持续的

参考例句：

• Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
• She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。

5 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

6 quirks   

n.奇事，巧合( quirk的名词复数 )；怪癖

参考例句：

• One of his quirks is that he refuses to travel by train. 他的怪癖之一是不愿乘火车旅行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All men have their own quirks and twists. 人人都有他们自己的怪癖和奇想。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

7 analyze   

vt.分析，解析 (=analyse)

参考例句：

• We should analyze the cause and effect of this event.我们应该分析这场事变的因果。
• The teacher tried to analyze the cause of our failure.老师设法分析我们失败的原因。