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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Job_performance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Job_perf... I don't have access to the

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Job_performance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Job_perf... I don't have access to the works that Wikipedia cites, but the correlation is positive and between 0.2 and 0.6 for every job studied. And I agree, there are a lot more things that influence job performance. IQ probably isn't the most important thing - a malicious programmer can cause millions of dollars worth of damage, so probably the most important thing is trustworthiness. That said, learning about someone's IQ helps you predict their future job performance, basically regardless of what job you are talking about.

el_benhameen 11y ago
Very interesting, thanks for the cite. I think it's important to note that those figures are for "hiring employees without previous experience in the job" because "It is largely through the quicker acquisition of job-relevant knowledge that higher IQ mediates job performance." So you'll acquire new skills more quickly if you have a higher IQ, which makes sense, but if you have two people at the same apparent skill level applying for a non-entry-level position, IQ may well not be (or may well be) a valid means of deciding between the two. This jives fairly well with the quote from Google.