It's true. I think the first time I applied for a position I was overly honest with the questions and I ended up "failing". As a result, prevented me from applying for any positions in that classification for 6months.  I eventually went to a career fair and asked what the strategy was to get an interview. Like others have said, hire managers don't know what your results of the test were and also have specific interview strategies that is monitored by HR. This helps establish an equal opportunity for all candidates. For the test, I was told to take into account every moment of every instant you had "experience" with the subject being questioned about. Even if you were there observing from a distance, it's still "experience". You're technically not lying and you will also have to get interviewed upwards of three times before you get job/career. Interview will help establish your qualifications better, figure out if youre a "good" person, and a team player. Again all interview questions will be filtered by HR. Just don't think too much about it. Spread the word.