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by jabroni_salad 857 days ago
I took such a test at my first ever job, and it was only two topics repeated 15 times:

1. what is the value of these coins

2. is it ok to steal

If you can't count money or think it is ok to steal then you cannot work in retail.

2 comments

I took a more general test at a job agency, as there was warehouse work, cleaning, assembly line and so on available.

I argued at the end that I had 100%, since 295 × 3 (or something) could not possibly be the answer given on the answer sheet, as the last digit wasn't 5.

They eventually found a calculator and found their answer sheet was wrong. Supposedly, no-one had noticed before, though now I wonder if it's possible it was a test of personality.

Probably not, as many people probably would find that question difficult on a test with questions like "Put Smith, Jones and Patel in alphabetical order".

Money is becoming uncommon in New Zealand for payment. Some shops don't accept cash or otherwise make it more difficult to use.

Employees can steal other things, but the opportunity to steal money has been significantly reduced.

That's kind of irrelevant. The vast majority of retail theft is not cash.