Quiz – Are stereotypes impacting your career and work decisions? Sample

Question 1 of 12

1. Question

What are the most important attributes for career success and a better salary?

A) A high IQ
B) To be above average height and attractiveness
C) A college degree

Question 2 of 12

2. Question

Stereotypes are strong but if you are aware and have reasonable emotional intelligence you can overcome them. Which of these statements do you believe are true?

A) Most people can be themselves at work unhindered by stereotypical expectations
B) Stereotypes are an excuse made up by pop science to explain weak behaviour
C) Being authentic means you are yourself rather than following stereotypical behaviour
D) Stereotypes and the implicit expectations associated with them largely determine the way men and women behave at work.

Question 3 of 12

3. Question

A university research team sent 2 CV’s of applicants for the role of laboratory manager to 127 male and female professors. Both (fictional) candidates were white, aged 22 and had identical grades and comparable references. Who got the job?

A) ‘John’ was more likely to be hired than ‘Jennifer’ and at a starting salary of $4,000 more.
B) ‘Jennifer’ was more likely to be hired than ‘John’ and at a starting salary of $4,000 more.
C) Both ‘John’ and ‘Jennifer’ were equally likely to be hired and at equal starting salaries.

Question 4 of 12

4. Question

Which of the following statements most accurately describes how gender biases are formed?

A) Biases are formed through socialisation, for example the gender-specific toys you’re given as a child.
B) Biases are formed through the labels assigned to individuals, for example discouraging only little girls from being “bossy”.
C) Biases are formed through media exposure, for example women playing passive roles, doing the house, work being flustered in challenging situations, in cartoons, soap operas, newspapers and movies.
D) Biases are formed through personal experiences of how those around us behave.
E) All of the above

Question 5 of 12

5. Question

Hiring the candidate who has the best ‘fit’, perhaps because they share the same values and beliefs and express similar views is what most companies seek when recruiting. And yet companies also seek diversity. Are the two compatible?

A) yes of course companies can't run effectively without people who share their values, thats got to be more important that diversity
B) Diversity is a competitive edge there is now enough data that people who have different ways of thinking (beliefs) and experience help organisations perform better
C) Of course we want diversity but we also want people who are like us. How else can a company pull together?
D) To achieve both a diverse and an inclusive culture we need to get used to feeling uncomfortable and hire people who challenge how we normally think and behave

Question 6 of 12

6. Question

If you perceive a colleague on a flexible working scheme as lazy or work shy, it’s not unconscious bias if later they do indeed shirk some responsibilities.

A) True
B) False

Question 7 of 12

7. Question

If a new mum returns to work, it’s natural to offer her an easy ride for the first year or so and shield her from assignments which require travel and time away from her family. This isn’t bias its kindness.

A) I agree we all need a break in that first hectic year
B) It may be kind but it's still bias
C) This should be the woman's decision not her manager's or the company
D) This is so condescending to women
E) All of the above

Question 8 of 12

8. Question

The differences in the way men and women work are a result of their brain development and inherent differences in the structure and functioning of the brain.

A) True
B) False

Question 9 of 12

9. Question

In most of the Western business world there are a small number of women in senior leadership roles — 7 female CEO’s in the UK FSTE 100 and 32 woman in the Fortune 500 (6.4%) in 2017. Why is this?

A) Women's brains developed to be carers and collaborators not leaders.
B) Most women don’t want the role of CEO, they have other responsibilities, like home and family which take a higher priority
C) Women lack the fundamental skills to be leaders and this is one reason for the small number of CEO's and senior female leaders across most organisations globally
D) The current stereotypes of leaders are masculine and work against women. until this changes neither will the figures.

Question 10 of 12

10. Question

The prevailing belief is that one of the main reasons for the gender pay gap (currently around 20% in most Western countries) is that women don’t ask for or negotiate well for pay increases. What is your belief?

A) Women don’t ask for pay raises and that’s why there is a gender pay gap. It's their own fault or at least they bear some responsibility.
B) It’s a combination of factors some to do with women and some unscrupulous companies
C) Women are being discriminated against on pay

Question 11 of 12

11. Question

30% of women in our Gender in the Workplace survey felt they had been unequally treated at work. Although over 50% had experience belittling jokes. Does this figure surprise you?

A) No not really gender inequality is largely hype stirred up by news reporters to sell papers.
B) Not really women don’t like to focus on what is really happening
C) Not really my company has this issue sorted
D) I'm really surprised look at the numbers of women in senior management! What explains that is not unequal treatment
E) I am dismayed but not surprised we have just got used to the status quo

Question 12 of 12

12. Question

Women in the workplace get mixed reviews, sometimes you read about how nice they are and that’s holding them back, others times your read about women who have made it refusing to give a helping hand to others. What’s your belief?

A) Women are nicer than men, more thoughtful, better team players and generally more collaborative.
B) Many women at the top are not nice, they have become more like men to make it, aggressive and hard nosed
C) You get good and bad in each gender
D) All of the above

Quiz – Are stereotypes impacting your career and work decisions? Sample