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Re:He got 1%, we can't hire him by batguano on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @11:43PM (#6294116)
> there's a 68% chance that the person you're about to hire is a schizophrenic kleptomaniac

Sorry, I don't believe "psychometric tests" can do that either. At least not at the level that we're talking about: distinguishing an otherwise qualified person from someone who's got some sort of psychopathology.

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Re:He got 1%, we can't hire him by karlkatzke on Sunday September 01, 2013 @12:54PM (#6311071)
Then you didn't read the other replies in the original thread from actual research psychologists. They described the process and posted links to peer reviewed academic papers. Your baseless disbelief is equivalent to disavowing climate change or vaccines.
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