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To find a job, play these games
I am trying to fill animated balloons with water without them bursting. I watch my laptop screen with laser focus, rapping the space bar as soon as a green dot appears. I weigh how much money to trade with an imaginary partner in a scenario akin to the prisoner's dilemma. This is all in service of finding me a job. It hasn't just been me. This is the exact process that about a million applicants have followed to apply for positions at companies like Tesla, LinkedIn and Accenture. The platform that runs these games is Pymetrics, which somewhat whimsically dubs itself as a Hogwarts "sorting hat" for careers. The idea is that its games -- measuring 90 "cognitive, social and personality traits" -- provide more-objective markers of job compatibility than the traditional CV, cover letter and interview. If you're rejected from the position you wanted, the system can pair you off with what it deems a better match.
