Re:hiring good employees. iq tests, what else?
by keiretsu on Friday June 01, 2007 @01:15PM
(#25913)
hiring based on "feel" is like trading based on "feel". My back hurts. Damn, short this stock. Oh god. I feel alive whenever i see this stock. Buy!
it's always good to base your hiring on something that is testable. Call me crazy but hiring is a long-term continuous process. It's best to have a program that's testable and verifiable, rather than simply be based on gut feel.
Re:hiring good employees. iq tests, what else?
by run4yourlives on Friday June 01, 2007 @01:42PM
(#25921)
You aren't hiring robots. You're hiring people. If you want to be analytical about it, you'll end up hiring the person that tells you what you want to hear the best.
That's not usually the person you want.
Seriously, employers that are able to "feel" out the right people don't need tests, they'll go with their gut instincts, just like smart business people.
Employers that give IQ tests usually lack this skill and have been burned because of it. I wouldn't want to work at a place that I couldn't trust to find high quality colleagues for me to build with.
(This from a person that naturally scores in the 130's in IQ tests)