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Huge tech companies have used the Wonderlic IQ test as recently as the last 10 years. Somebody here, if this thread isn't moribund, can chime in to say which; I'm not saying. There's a meme that IQ tests are a powerful hiring tool that have been suppressed by political correctness or gunshy HR departments, but the real reason they're not ubiquitous is that they're not fit for purpose.



More accurately, you can simply adapt the IQ test overall and end up with a "situational judgement test". Which is better.

Ultimately that can be used to accurately predict an IQ test, and vice versa.

Same with MCAT, or any other "aptitude" test.




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