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A kind of personality test called MBTI is popular these days.
Many people are interested in being able to recognize individual characteristics, but some companies say that they ask for this MBTI when hiring.
Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam reports.
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This is a self-introduction letter that Suhyup Bank recently requested from applicants for public employment.
I wrote down how my MBTI type would help me in the job for which I am applying.
MBTI is a kind of psychological test that divides a person's personality into 16 types, including introverts and extroverts.
Mr. A applied for a sales position, but his MBTI is an introvert, so he is worried about any disadvantages.
[Mr. A / Suhyup Bank New Recruitment Applicant: You can be active and passionate at work, but because MBTI is I (introverted), you may have a prejudice that just 'Hey, this applicant will be passive'. I'm most worried.]
He explains that it is one of the attempts to look at various aspects as it is difficult for companies to recruit talent.
[Suhyup Bank official: In the old days (in self-introduction), I was a bit introverted.
Don't you talk a lot and write like this?
That's why I've applied the MBTI in this way in this way.]
On job posting sites, there are cases where only the preferred MBTI type will be selected, and conversely, there will be cases where they will not select any other type.
Experts say that the MBTI only shows personal disposition and is not helpful for hiring based on vocational competency.
[Seo Yong-gu/Professor of Business Administration, Sookmyung Women's University: We don't belong to just one of 16 types.
Because, if you put that person into the frame of typography without discovering their potential, you may be given a job that is too standardized...
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It is already difficult to find a job, but as the MBTI is emerging as another gateway and specification, dissatisfaction among job seekers is also increasing.
(Video editing: Hojin Kim, VJ: Hyunwoo Park)