This seems like a ridiculously transparent move. If I knew no psychological theory whatsoever, it would still be obvious that “What do you think the percentage of employees who have stolen from their job is?” is a question primarily designed to test how likely I am to steal (and also possibly testing how likely I am to trust other employees at my future job).
I would try to figure out the lowest number I can write down without it being obvious that it’s the lowest number I can write down. Of course I am still going off of my experience here to estimate what sort of numbers are low. But at that point you are rewarding people for being good at lying.
This seems like a ridiculously transparent move. If I knew no psychological theory whatsoever, it would still be obvious that “What do you think the percentage of employees who have stolen from their job is?” is a question primarily designed to test how likely I am to steal (and also possibly testing how likely I am to trust other employees at my future job).
I would try to figure out the lowest number I can write down without it being obvious that it’s the lowest number I can write down. Of course I am still going off of my experience here to estimate what sort of numbers are low. But at that point you are rewarding people for being good at lying.
I think negative 12% of all employees steal.