Persuasion Conditions and Techniques Test

Example Questions From the Test

• 1A young worker has been with the team for a month. In a conversation with the shop supervisor, he says: “I don’t know why, but I don’t feel like a full member of the team. Everyone there is nice, but they seem to have closed themselves into a tight circle, and I feel like an outsider among them. Maybe I’m imagining it? I don’t know.”
  • Why don’t you do something nice for the guys?
  • Do you feel like the group does not accept you?
  • It seems like the team members don’t like something about you?
  • Do you think they should consider you one of them?
• 2A young worker said: “It’s uncomfortable to talk about, but I don’t like that my mother decides literally everything for me. She doesn’t let me be independent at all. And she treats my father the same way.”
  • Do you think your father should be more firm?
  • Do you dislike that your mother is too strict and your father is too soft?
  • Are you worried that you do not admire your parents?
  • When you are away from home, do you feel relieved?
• 3An accountant said to their manager: “I have been in this position for a long time, and I can’t recall a time when I was made to redo my report. You’re the first person to do that. There may be some inaccuracies in the report—no one is immune to them. But to redo everything!..”
  • Do you feel it is unfair to require you to correct your own mistakes?
  • I hope you reviewed the report before showing it to me?
  • Does it feel like you are being criticized for minor inaccuracies?
  • Do you feel that I am being overly nitpicky?