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Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi... by winter_blue on Friday June 14, 2019 @02:21PM (#20185331)
> Industrial psychology has consistently found that IQ is a better predictor of job performance than experience.

If hiring managers are aware of this, then it might be a good idea to apply to Mensa. If you're able to get in, maybe putting "Mensa" down on your resume isn't that bad of a thing. (I've always felt it would make one come off as a douche, but maybe that's not so true.)

Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi... by perl4ever on Friday June 14, 2019 @11:17PM (#20188220)
My opinion of Mensa was formed by someone who told me about how, when she was a hiring manager, she once had an applicant who made a point of belonging to Mensa and didn't seem to have anything else she was proud of or had accomplished.

That doesn't mean I am necessarily on board with the fashionable view that IQ is meaningless, but I think to the extent there are people whose IQ is disconnected from their abilities/achievements, it's going to be the ones who are preoccupied with it. So I would think belonging to a high-IQ society would send the wrong message.

Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi... by lmkg on Friday June 14, 2019 @03:00PM (#20185712)
Hiring managers should also be aware that in the United States, Supreme Court precedent makes the use of general intelligence tests for hiring legally fraught because they can produce racially-biased outcomes.
Re:I got asked LeetCode questions for a dev-ops systems engi... by IshKebab on Friday June 14, 2019 @05:11PM (#20186701)
Definitely comes off as douchy. I wouldn't discount someone for it but it would definitely make me wary of them (probably a know-it-all who doesn't listen to other people and always knows best).