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		thaumasiotes on Jan 15, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford CS9: Problem-Solving for the CS Technical... > until someone comes up with a less gameable system or a magic wand that stack ranks applicants, then I don't see a viable alternative This is exactly the concept of an IQ test, right down to the stack ranking. They're pretty well understood by now, and they take less than a day, which compares pretty favorably to "months".

wrinkl3 on Jan 15, 2018 [–]

Isn't it illegal to hire people based on IQ in the US?

thaumasiotes on Jan 15, 2018 | [–]

It is presumptively discriminatory unless you do a formal study documenting that high-IQ employees perform better than low-IQ employees. PG&E and the NFL use IQ tests in hiring.

thaumasiotes on Jan 15, 2018 | | [–]

Low-effort correction: I may or may not have been thinking of GE when I said PG&E.

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