[vbsteven]

It could also be a partial IQ score of 80. IQ tests are divided in 4 key areas each scored separately. If all 4 scores are similar they can be averaged to get the final tested score. If they are not it’s called a “gap” and the average score is meaningless.

With gap results it’s not uncommon to see 2 low areas scoring 80s and 2 high areas 120 or even 130+.

“A developer declaring a tested IQ of 80” could be a gap case and somewhere along the way the nuance got lost in translation.

[sudosysgen]

Not necessarily. They could also score in the 70s in 2 areas, score 115 in another, and 90 in the last one, and get a score in the 80s.

Beyond that, IQ is not even predictive enough of job performance for a standard deviation to be a death sentence.