Way too much testing. Base much of the hiring is based on personality testing rather than actual experience and education. Would prefer they use references and past experience. Have never experienced this at any other interviews.

I met a recruiter at a career fair and our conversation only consisted of a few sentences, but I left my resume with him. So, I was fairly surprised when he e-mailed me asking for an in-person interview with the hiring manager for a Project Management position. I was interested so I went, expecting a fairly short interview. The interview itself was short (maybe 10 minutes or so), and the hiring manager told me about the position but didn't ask me a single thing about myself. I was told I didn't need to fill out an application (though the receptionist seemed confused by this), but that I had to take an aptitude/personality test. I said ok since I was, after all, interested in the position. What I expected to be a quick test ended up being 4 separate tests, with over 300-400 total questions, which I had to take on a computer in the company's....utility room? Though I only spoke with the manager for about 10 minutes, and she took me for a short 5-10 minute tour of the place before showing me out after the test, I was there for over 2 hours (most of the time wasted on the aptitude/personality test). They told me I would hear back from them the next day (for what? I'm not sure). Thus, my afternoon wasted, I went home and haven't heard back from them again. Not an experience I would repeat.