text: It's a common misconception that anyone can swan into their local fast food store and pick up a job serving food, flipping burgers or even mopping up spilled soft drinks. However, as Daily Mail Australia recently discovered, it's just not that easy, with potential workers required to pass detailed psychological questionnaires before they can secure an interview. KFC's quiz contains 30 questions, which mostly ask applicants to rank their response from 'strongly agree' to 'strongly disagree' to questions which to some, might not have an obvious answer. Scroll down for video . KFC's questionnaire contains a total of 30 questions which mostly ask applicants to rank their response from 'strongly agree' to 'strongly disagree' Head of Human Resources, Robert Phipps, assured it was designed to rank the thousands of applicants that apply fo jobs with the company . When Daily Mail Australia selected only negative answers, they received an email notifying them that their application had been unsuccessful less than 10 hours later . The questions seek guidance as to how potential employees might react in workplace situations. How would you respond if someone yells at you? What about a change in the workplace, how would you deal with it? Another question asked if it is 'okay for an employee to take a little food if they are underpaid'. KFC's  human resources boss, Robert Phipps, claimed the test was specially designed to rank the thousands of applications which apply for a job with the company. 'We want to get the best possible candidates that we can for our organisation,' Mr Phipps (pictured) said . 'I wouldn't say it's deeply scientific, but it's reasonably scientific,' Mr Phipps told Daily Mail Australia. 'We take a norm sample of what success would look like in the output of the questions, and essentially what it does for us is it gives us a better than normal chance of predicting success around work attributes like honesty, work ethic and whether someone is a team player,' Mr Phipps told Daily Mail Australia. 'It does provide a ranking system and we tend to take those up the top end of the ranking. I wouldn't say that you can fail, unless not getting the job is failing.' Mr Phipps said that the test was not anchored to a personality type, but rather different work styles. 'In terms of personality or what have you, any personality fits in well at our company and then we teach them skills, but it's a question of their values around work ethics that will help us,' he said. 'I wouldn't say it's deeply scientific, but it's reasonably scientific. We take a norm sample of what success would look like in the output of the questions, and essentially what it does for us is it gives us a better than normal chance of predicting success around work attributes like honesty, work ethic and whether someone is a team player,' Mr Phipps said . Mr Phipps said that the test was not anchored to a personality type, but rather different work styles . He estimated that only one third of applicants make it through to the interview process, with employee referrals being 'our number one method of recruitment' - and was unable to estimate how many were hired by the end of the recruitment procedures. 'When you look at our organisation globally, we actually hire a lot of people… we find that by taking an approach like that, and it's not the most difficult of tests, but to be able to do a basic screening test and get to the point where we want to get the best possible candidates that we can for our organisation and its best practice, so we apply it.' KFC's quiz also includes a few situational questions such as: 'Your manager just told you that you need to work this weekend. You have plans this weekend that you do not want to change. What would you do?' He estimated that only one third of applicants make it through to the interview process, with employee referrals being 'our number one method of recruitment' KFC's quiz also includes a few situational questions, however these are nowhere near as difficult as  the scenario questions in McDonald's 23-question multiple choice quiz . The fast food giant has a vigorous recruitment procedure in which applicants must pass a 23 question multiple choice quiz online before their application can be submitted . Contrastingly, some of the scenario questions in McDonald's 23-question multiple choice quiz are far more complicated. While the company says that the questionnaire is designed to 'help McDonald's understand the position in our team that suits you best', Daily Mail Australia has been told that applicants can easily fail the test. 'You are approached by a group of young kids while you are relaxing in the park. They want you to join them in a game of soccer. What are you likely to do?' one question reads, with answer options ranging from 'join in for a couple of minutes just to make them happy' and 'join in with them as you really enjoy playing with kids'. Another question asks: 'You find you have some time available to cook. What do you do?' Questions range from those any job seeker would expect to be asked during an interview, to multiple choice scenarios . When asked why they have decided to apply for a job at McDonaldns s, applicants have the option of selecting 'it'll make my parents happy' or 'it's easy to get a job at Macca's' More convoluted questions are also included in what appears to be an attempt to determine an applicant's personality . Answers range from 'make a meal you are very familiar with', 'grab a cookbook or download a new recipe to follow' or 'be creative and experiment with whatever you find in the kitchen'. The possible responses listed for one question, which describes a scenario in which a man trips and spills his shopping on the floor, differ only slightly. They include immediately helping the man, asking if he needs help and 'let the man know the same thing has happened to you and offer any assistance he needs'. But Mr Phipps said there were 'other stages to the recruitment process that are far more important than the first one' such as face-to-face interviews and trials at the work place. No doubt those who are more serious about securing a position would second guess what response would make the best impression . The answers listed for this question differ only minutely .
target: KFC and McDonald's require job applicants to fill out a detailed quiz .
  Questions ask 'Describe your interest in food' and ask if candidates agree that 'It's okay for an employee to take a little food if they are underpaid'
  Others describe scenarios and offer multiple choice responses .
  The tests are designed to rank workers by their values and work ethics .