[thelist] Good "tests" for prospective employees?

[Ken Moore]

Hi all,

Ed McCarroll wrote:

>Quickie "IQ tests" are more likely to weed out those who haven't seen
>them before, than they are to identify people with strong cognitive
>abilities.

And:

>When I'm hiring, I'm less interested in how clever an applicant is
>than how effectively s/he will get the job done.

Thank you Ed for taking this out of the game show mentality and finally 
contributing some real logic to this thread. I was waiting for someone to 
say, "Do you want to use one of your life lines?"

Ken

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