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Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha... by 9rx on Saturday November 14, 2026 @11:30AM (#50498315)
It looks like your message got cut off again. Allstate is well known for not using IQ tests, rather their proprietary JEPS assessment, so be aware that whatever followed to connect IQ tests and Allstate is missing.

Moreover, on JEPS, Allstate does not use JEPS in my jurisdiction. There is no public knowledge as to why, but legal compliance would be a reasonable explanation. Use of JEPS may even be illegal.

Perhaps you had a different company in mind?

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Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha... by tptacek on Saturday November 14, 2026 @11:33AM (#50498341)
The opposite thing is true of Allstate; they're a banner Wonderlic client. You can't just bluff your way through this.
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Re:Jane Street – Our software engineering interviews are cha... by 9rx on Saturday November 14, 2026 @01:31PM (#50499484)
It is true that Allstate is a Wonderlic client, but Wonderlic does not use IQ tests, so the connection is not clear. Did your message get truncated again?

Could it be that you are using "IQ test" as some catchall term for any type of cognitive test? You could define it that way in a vacuum, but that is not how it is being used here. The initial comment was clear about how it was being used. In context, "IQ test" was being used to refer to IQ tests that are academically recognized as IQ tests (WAIS, Stanford–Binet, etc.). HR department pet assessments do not fall under that.

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