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In that one wouldn't want to hire someone as a marketer who couldn't spell "cat"? Not because it's necessary to be able to spell "cat", even, but because the i
by savanaly 9y ago
In that one wouldn't want to hire someone as a marketer who couldn't spell "cat"?
Not because it's necessary to be able to spell "cat", even, but because the inability to do so might indicate in a bayesian sense that the person is not likely equipped to do the job.
- thaumasiotes 9y agoNot really apt as to spelling bees. High-level spelling bees try to use words that are as obscure as possible, because people will happily go forever on words they know. SAT vocabulary questions are chosen to be informative about the test taker's IQ; spelling bee words are chosen to be unfamiliar to everyone. You get a list of words that you're supposed to memorize; they could just as easily be random strings.
- Terr_ 9y agoExactly, it's analogous to how companies seek obscure interview question variants, sometimes explicitly stating that their goal is to to see "how you think" rather than to get the right solution.
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