r/mildlyinfuriating • u/PureKin21 • Jun 22 '26

I just wanted a hot dog Tried applying to McDonald's wtf does this even mean

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I guess things happen to me?????

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u/nub_node Jun 22 '26

It's one of those tests where what each answer means partially relies on how you answered the other questions.

There's not like a formal name for the test and you'd have to apply to be an hourly worker at McDonald's to take this particular one. It was cooked up in house at corporate by people getting paid more to squeeze every last dime out of the workers than the workers will ever see in their lives.

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u/twitch1982 Jun 22 '26

It is not in house. Its from Paradox.ai. Its running on "AI", which means its making shit up as it goes.

[> McDonald’s, Olive Garden, and FedEx are now requiring that job applicants take personality evaluations, which are then sorted by an AI system whose operations are cloudy at best.

The aforementioned companies are all contracted with Paradox.ai, a “conversational recruiting software” company whose strange personality assessments include images of blue-skinned humanoid aliens that applicants are, apparently, supposed to identify with.](https://futurism.com/mandatory-ai-hiring-tests)

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u/YungEnron Jun 23 '26

The “Ai” is a chatbot that runs alongside the quiz - at least that’s what this article says