I've always wanted to be a Vice-President of a Fortune 500 company.
People that think they are the smartest and try to administer intelligence type questions are arrogant and stupid. What if they are morons? How can they judge intelligence if they are stupid? Often we see dumb people think they are smart and show their stupidity with these arrogant types of interviews and drive away qualified candidates. Who wants to work with an arrogant idiot.
Google as an advantage, they already know everything about everyone.
I work in this space. Intelligence is not a great predictor of performance, although one must have certain minimum levels to function. I’ve seen people with average intelligence make $500k per year or more as VP’s and SVP’s. Want to know the “secret”? They work their butts off (80 hours or more per week), and they are effective people managers. As for the best predictor of future performance? Past performance.
I’ve been in IT since 1983. He’s right.
I’ve been in IT since 1983. He’s right.
Laszlo Bock, I mean.
With a caveat: A degree (and test scores) are your ticket into the cubicle farm. Once you have been there a few years they SHOULD be useless. Your performance should tell the real story.