What our working lives teach us
Past Experiences is a personal blog about the things we only understand in hindsight. How we get hired and how we get rejected. How we learn, how we're tested, and why so much of it is decided in ways nobody explains to us at the time.
The name is a nod to where this site began, telling stories about the past. These days the stories are about working life, but the habit is the same. Look back carefully, and the lesson is usually sitting right there.
Recent writing
Why Personality Assessments Decide More Careers Than Interviews
By the time you shake a hand in an interview room, a test has often decided about you already. What psychometric screening actually measures, how consistency checks catch the fakers, and how to prepare without pretending to be someone else.
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