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I once took an IQ test(?), I think it was called Wonderlic or something. I was desperate and it was my first engineering (unpaid) internship. Somehow I was a “g

I once took an IQ test(?), I think it was called Wonderlic or something. I was desperate and it was my first engineering (unpaid) internship. Somehow I was a “genius” and they kept my test record as an example for the next couple years after my internship. I would probably walk out of an interview if someone handed me one today.

dgfitz 3y ago
This one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_test ?
- syntaxing 3y ago
  Yup, the manager mentioned something about the NFL using it?
  - lizknope 3y ago
    It's an IQ test but does it help evaluate NFL players? Ryan Fitzpatrick went to Harvard and was said to have gotten a perfect socre of 50. It turns out he might have only got 48 which is still really high. He bounced around 9 teams and threw tons of interceptions. He would go from amazing to horrible "Fitz-Magic" to "Fitz-Tragic" In contrast Lamar Jackson is said to have scored a 6 which is laughably bad. He just won his second Most Valuable Player award last week.
    - syntaxing 3y ago
      Yeah, a lot of it is snake oil. Like how does a mental test access how someone does on a physical task like sports?
      - lmz 3y ago
        Surely some part of sports is in your head. Not saying those tests measure it.
- phendrenad2 3y ago
  Ah yes Wonderlic. I took that test once, half was seemingly an IQ test (predict the next shape, logical reasoning, etc.), half was a standard MBTI-style personality test. They sent me the results of the personality portion only. I assume my IQ test results are out there on the corporate dark web and companies will be judging me by it from now on.
gorkempacaci 3y ago
I took one of those (Alva labs) multiple times for different companies. My “intelligence” (or whatever they call it) score was 7/10 first, then 8/10, and then 9/10 I think in the last one. Just got better each time I took it. And the results for the personality test kept changing dramatically for each take too. Total pseudoscience.
- Analemma_ 3y ago
  These quasi-IQ tests have to be designed to carefully maneuver around Griggs v. Duke Power to be eligible for use in hiring decisions, but the more you mess with them the more you degrade their usefulness. Actual IQ tests have very high test-retest reliability.

dgfitz 3y ago

This one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_test https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonderlic_test ?

syntaxing 3y ago
Yup, the manager mentioned something about the NFL using it?
- lizknope 3y ago
  It's an IQ test but does it help evaluate NFL players? Ryan Fitzpatrick went to Harvard and was said to have gotten a perfect socre of 50. It turns out he might have only got 48 which is still really high. He bounced around 9 teams and threw tons of interceptions. He would go from amazing to horrible "Fitz-Magic" to "Fitz-Tragic" In contrast Lamar Jackson is said to have scored a 6 which is laughably bad. He just won his second Most Valuable Player award last week.
  - syntaxing 3y ago
    Yeah, a lot of it is snake oil. Like how does a mental test access how someone does on a physical task like sports?
    - lmz 3y ago
      Surely some part of sports is in your head. Not saying those tests measure it.
phendrenad2 3y ago
Ah yes Wonderlic. I took that test once, half was seemingly an IQ test (predict the next shape, logical reasoning, etc.), half was a standard MBTI-style personality test. They sent me the results of the personality portion only. I assume my IQ test results are out there on the corporate dark web and companies will be judging me by it from now on.

gorkempacaci 3y ago

I took one of those (Alva labs) multiple times for different companies. My “intelligence” (or whatever they call it) score was 7/10 first, then 8/10, and then 9/10 I think in the last one. Just got better each time I took it. And the results for the personality test kept changing dramatically for each take too. Total pseudoscience.

Analemma_ 3y ago
These quasi-IQ tests have to be designed to carefully maneuver around Griggs v. Duke Power to be eligible for use in hiring decisions, but the more you mess with them the more you degrade their usefulness. Actual IQ tests have very high test-retest reliability.