[johntdaly]

I honestly believe that HR in IT is so broken that just about nothing they do makes sense. Most interviews are BS, most coding interviews/tests are BS, an IQ test is BS too. I don’t think the IQ test is inherently worse or better that the other voodoo HR practices.

A high IQ is something you can use to show a high probability of a candidate to “succeed” at his/her job but what is success? An IQ test can’t differentiate between people who can do the work and those that can scam the system in some way. You need intelligence for both.

[JamesBarney]

It's better than other voodoo practices because it more accurately measures what is trying to measure.

Your second paragraph is arguing that IT employers should be agnostic to how intelligent their devs are. That really didn't make sense to me. All things being equal I'd rather hire smarter devs.

[johntdaly]

I don’t think you understand my stance an intelligence or IQ tests the way I intended it.

I am just saying that having a high IQ (single measure of intelligence) doesn’t guaranty you that the person is skilled right for your job (multiple types of intelligence) and that the person might be so skilled that he/she is good in avoiding doing actual work and taking credit for the work of others.

I’ve worked with people like that, intelligent yes, but not a good programmer. Instead really good at sucking up towards the managers, getting others to help him and taking credit in the right way. An IQ test wouldn’t have washed him out.

[ne0flex]

I think HR in general is broken. Working for a large bank, I see a lot of HR personnel try to filter candidates by university prestige, or a combination of previous titles held / companies worked for. I've recommended several friends with real world experience at no-name companies and they get passed over because some ex-JP Morgan or whoever applied for the role and "obviously" they're the better candidate.