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> Industrial psychology has consistently found that IQ is a better predictor of job performance than experience. If hiring managers are aware of this, then it
by winter_blue 7y ago
> Industrial psychology has consistently found that IQ is a better predictor of job performance than experience.
If hiring managers are aware of this, then it might be a good idea to apply to Mensa. If you're able to get in, maybe putting "Mensa" down on your resume isn't that bad of a thing. (I've always felt it would make one come off as a douche, but maybe that's not so true.)
- lmkg 7y agoHiring managers should also be aware that in the United States, Supreme Court precedent makes the use of general intelligence tests for hiring legally fraught because they can produce racially-biased outcomes.
- IshKebab 7y agoDefinitely comes off as douchy. I wouldn't discount someone for it but it would definitely make me wary of them (probably a know-it-all who doesn't listen to other people and always knows best).
- perl4ever 7y agoMy opinion of Mensa was formed by someone who told me about how, when she was a hiring manager, she once had an applicant who made a point of belonging to Mensa and didn't seem to have anything else she was proud of or had accomplished. That doesn't mean I am necessarily on board with the fashionable view that IQ is meaningless, but I think to the extent there are people whose IQ is disconnected from their abilities/achievements, it's going to be the ones who are preoccupied with it. So I would think belonging to a high-IQ society would send the wrong message.