At least 30 percent of American companies, from American Express and Bank of America and IBM to Marriott, Procter & Gamble, Time Warner, and a host of smaller firms, subject their employees to one or more personality tests each year. Why do they do it? Employers want to hire and retain employees who are qualified, confident, resilient, even-tempered, and loyal. Personality assessments, like coaches, help them identify potential problems. The corporate world is intense. Employers need to know how their staff will deal with the inevitable pull of priorities between a regimented corporate life and family responsibilities. Under normal conditions--and under stress--how do you deal with conflicts, solve problems, and arrive at results? Will you overlook important details? Find it difficult to interact with your colleagues? Disrupt a team? Threaten your supervisor? Employers care how you make sense of the world because they want you to be reliable-as reliable as the test they're subjecting you to.

至少30%的美国公司，从美国运通、美国银行、IBM到万豪、宝洁、时代华纳和许多小公司，每年都要对员工进行一次或多次人格测试。他们为什么这么做？雇主希望雇佣和留住合格、自信、有弹性、脾气平和、忠诚的员工。像教练一样，个性评估可以帮助他们发现潜在的问题。企业界的竞争非常激烈。雇主们需要知道他们的员工将如何处理有序的企业生活和家庭责任之间不可避免的优先事项。在正常情况下——以及在压力下——你如何处理冲突、解决问题并取得结果？你会忽略重要的细节吗？发现与同事互动有困难吗？扰乱团队？威胁你的上司？雇主关心你如何理解这个世界，因为他们希望你像他们让你接受的测试一样可靠。