Then why not use standardized tests for job interviews Because the government said it was illegal. (I'm simplifying, but look up Griggs v Duke.) However, an

Then why not use standardized tests for job interviews Because the government said it was illegal. (I'm simplifying, but look up Griggs v Duke.) However, an employer can look at your college, and your college definitely can use your standardized test scores. So employers do use standardized tests, it just has to pass through a socially accepted filter first.