Yep, and employers are no longer allowed to give aptitude tests (disparate impact and all of that), so they rely on precisely those academic proxies to tell them who is smart—and sufficiently conscientious.
Yep, and employers are no longer allowed to give aptitude tests
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Employers could use the SAT and ACT scores.
As it is now, the quality of college graduates is so unpredictable, that many employers are demanding internships before hiring.
Are intelligence tests also ruled out or are they considered aptitude tests? [there used to be programmer aptitude tests as well as IQ tests in the fifties]