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One alternate mechanism (there could be several) sure to ruffle feathers is to qualify users by their GMAT score (e.g. 700+ only), assuming such information wer
by Dwolb 13y ago
One alternate mechanism (there could be several) sure to ruffle feathers is to qualify users by their GMAT score (e.g. 700+ only), assuming such information were easily verifiable.
Such a 'qualification club' is inline with my own view of the type of exclusivity sought after by sterotyped or caricature B-school personalities.
- dfc 13y agoI take it you have very little experience with the GMAT. It is impossible to verify that a certain GMAT score belongs to an email. The only easy way to verify a GMAT score is to be a b-school and have applicants select your school for score reporting.
- jackgavigan 13y agoThere's such a massive opportunity there for an organisation like GMAT to use PKC for this kind of thing.
- dfc 13y agoFor you and me maybe, but not for GMAT. It is my experience that the primary motivation for big organizations is to get their beaks wet. GMAT charges for additional score reports after the initial 6(?) that are included in the test fee.
- jackgavigan 13y agoWell, they could charge for signing your public key...
- Dwolb 13y agoThe above suggestion is an idea. Understood that today GMAT might not allow such functionality, but the organization has the data internally to send score reports. Correct, not supported today, but feasible with business development.
- dfc 13y agoHow is GMAT going to monetize the easy score verification? And is that effort going to be worth the additional revenue? I can't imagine there is a big market for GMAT score reporting outside of b-school apps. I think most employers just accept self reporting or a copy of the score report in pdf.
- Dwolb 13y agoI wouldn't think it'd generate very much money to directly monetize easy score verification other than as an additional data point for advertisers. However, I do believe easy score verification could be part of an overall strategy to increase the GMAT business. The thinking is that if society started using indicators of intelligence for various reasons (e.g. entry into an exclusive online forum, government civil servants employment, running for Congress...) the indicator of intelligence that is preferred by society could sell more tests. GMAT could create an advantage in the marketplace by being the easiest score to electronically verify.
- dfc 13y agoI do not think the GMAT is a good indicator for civil service positions. Certainly no better than any of the state civil service exams and at the federal level the civil service exams were deemed to cause problems with affirmative action policies. The military has the ASVAB and I can't imagine anyone saying the GMAT is superior to the ASVAB. The small "d" democrat in me finds exams for public office abhorrent and I would hope that they would run into many legal challenges. I scored a 720 on the GMAT. I do not think you should make any assumptions about my performance in a government position from that test result. All that the 720 indicates is that I am a skilled test taker.
- Dwolb 13y agoInteresting! I was skeptical of the GMAT until I studied and took the test. My personal opinion is GMAT is a very difficult test and studying for the test sharpened my own writing, logic, and reasoning skills. I am very impressed with the cognitive ability of the test takers in the very highest percentage.
- DrStalker 13y agoIs GMAT an American thing? I'm in Australia and have never heard of it.