There is a group of millennials that is apparently easily offended and branded 'snowflakes' whenever they complain about something. So a businessman thought he'd install a simple quiz if people sent in job applications, in order to separate the 'good' from the 'bad'.
According to CEO Kyle Reyes, a snowflake in his eyes is 'somebody who is going to whine and complain and come to the table with nothing but an entitled attitude and an inability to back their perspective'. So he came up with a test to get rid of those people who didn't fit the company mould.
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Kyle was sick of wasting his time reviewing job applications, only to find out that the candidate was easily offended, didn't believe in certain constitutional rights or didn't work hard. The latter attribute is something that most employers look for, however the Silent Partner Marketing chief believes that too many young people expect to be handed things.
Some aspects of Mr Reyes' test included questions like: "When was the last time you cried and why?" as well as: "What does American mean to you?'
He told Fox News: "We use the test to weed out the sort of people who were inundating us with resumes and didn't even know what we did."
The test, which is most likely a marketing ploy to increase awareness of his company (because, you know, he runs a marketing company), is off the back of a video posted to YouTube, where Kyle was a bit more brutal than he was on news talk shows.
In the footage, he says: "You're young, you're ignorant, you're brainwashed by liberal professors who didn't tell you that in the real world, the only 'safe space' is in your parents' basement.
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"So you young activists, you champions of character, you eighth place trophy holders; until you realise that this [points to American flag] is earned by this [points to 'hard-working'-looking person] then you will never be able to actually survive in the working world."
Incredibly, the trick worked, and he received 15,000 emails and 7,500 applications, as well as plenty of one-star reviews. Kyle reappeared on Fox News with two new employees, who told the host that they were a bit confused by the questions when asked in the interview process.
Devon Farquharson said: "I totally get it, with all the stuff we go through on a daily basis with the work with our clients and whatnot, it makes sense we want people who don't get offended easily."
Kyle also insists that his hiring technique doesn't affect discrimination laws and that the test is more of a 'glorified personality test'.
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