The first modern personality tests were deployed in the early 20th century to determine suitability for the armed forces.
As is often the case, these tests were then adopted by the burgeoning, 1920s-era business world to optimize employment practices, with employers hoping to streamline the hiring process, weed-out bad eggs, and sort especially skillful …
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