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.
RE: What if they are morons? How can they judge intelligence if they are stupid?
The assumption at places like Google is — if you can be hired at Google, you aren’t stupid ( not that I agree with them )...
Some of these “questions” seem geared at just throwing a curve at the contestants (I mean applicants) to see how they react. Or to provide “justification” when they discriminate against a candidate (well, he didn’t answer the superhero question the way I would’ve liked).
Rather arbitrary criteria, really.
And there are companies that want applicants to undergo a “personality test”. One such company I applied to (and didn’t work at, although I’ve run into people who did and hated it) took a degreed accountant and turned him into a software programming because the test “said so”.ve liked).
Rather arbitrary criteria, really.
And there are companies that want applicants to undergo a
It is called the Dunning Krueger effect... pretty interesting stuff.