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Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by jldugger on Saturday July 14, 2018 @10:27PM (#17533500)
> I thought the US A didn't tend to use IQ tests for a number of reasons, also IQ tests are gameable.

The primary reason is that protected minorities score lower than average on IQ tests; without a legitimate business reason to set an IQ cutoff, you can be sued for discriminatory hiring. And because IQ is so granular, you don't want to argue in court that 1 point is a business necessity when you set a threshold of 110, and you reject a minority candidate with a 109 score.

Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by lotsofpulp on Saturday July 14, 2018 @10:34PM (#17533516)
Which college someone went to serves as a decent proxy for min IQ (assuming SAT scores correlate with IQ).
Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by walshemj on Sunday July 15, 2018 @07:15AM (#17534731)
So how come the ones that seem to do well on visa's test come from less stellar backgrounds.
Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by jldugger on Sunday July 15, 2018 @04:35PM (#17536937)
But it's a binary decision -- do they have a degree or not?
Re:Vista Equity Partners revamps software companies by follo... by Simon_says on Sunday July 15, 2018 @06:09AM (#17534592)
That stops working when minority candidates are admitted with lower SAT scores.