Have to take an IQ test...

[patrickbateman]

It could be worse, Bobby. He could be working for Microsoft who fly planeloads of Indians in and make you train your replacement.

Indians who come to the US on H1B visas expect the same salaries as everyoone else. They're greed,

 

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And come up with a 60-minute presentation for a job I interviewed for this morning.

I send emails and talk on the phone all day. It's not like I doing brain surgery.

If I Vince Young this IQ test, I'll be really pissed off.

What does Joe selling 5 apples for $1.00 and Sally selling 4 apples for $.90 have anything to do with a desk job?

And if you don't score above a certain number, you're out. Unreal.

Their looking for people that can rationally solve problems. That's what that test is all about.

 

[JDS]

Marino scored a 15.

General intelligence and or knowledge, Marino was dumb as f*** that’s why he never made it as a broadcaster or an analyst.

 

[BobbyFK]

Somewhat. It's a decent paying job and 100% remote.

That's not terrible then hopefully you get the job and it was all worthwhile

 

[patrickbateman]

Their looking for people that can rationally solve problems. That's what that test is all about.

The job is not hard. Plus a 60-minute presentation. And another 45 minute interview.

 

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The job is not hard. Plus a 60-minute presentation. And another 45 minute interview.

Remote is the word that I like.

 

[BobbyFK]

It could be worse, Bobby. He could be working for Microsoft who fly planeloads of Indians in and make you train your replacement.

This is true

 

[djefferis]

Most people disgust me with their fat bellies and shit stained undies, Not for me.

Yea - you sound like a real people pleaser.

You should do well communicating with the public for a living.

Seriously - the WFH thing is a mixed bag. I did it well before COVID - working out of my car/house and a 1 man office. It’s nice at times - but a lot of places abuse their employees worse knowing you have the potential to slack off and overwork you.

I live 35 miles from my work office - rule is 30 miles you just at least do hybrid - any more you can be 100% - there’s a reason I picked where I lived when moving to take this role. I can drive IF I ever want to and connect with leadership - but don’t have to report in and nothing they can say.

 

[jjgold]

The problem human resource is never hire the best people. There are too interested in statistics and technical stuff and not someone that’s actually gonna come to work every day and produce

 

[patrickbateman]

Yea - you sound like a real people pleaser.

You should do well communicating with the public for a living.

Seriously - the WFH thing is a mixed bag. I did it well before COVID - working out of my car/house and a 1 man office. It’s nice at times - but a lot of places abuse their employees worse knowing you have the potential to slack off and overwork you.

I live 35 miles from my work office - rule is 30 miles you just at least do hybrid - any more you can be 100% - there’s a reason I picked where I lived when moving to take this role. I can drive IF I ever want to and connect with leadership - but don’t have to report in and nothing they can say.

I do well communicating with civilized, decent people. So about 25% of the United States.

 

[djefferis]

I do well communicating with civilized, decent people. So about 25% of the United States.

You vastly overestimate the number of decent people out there in my opinion.

 

[patrickbateman]

Going to take the test now. Did some practice questions that didn't seem hard but I have a feeling the real one is going to mess with my head.

All for a fucking job.

 

[patrickbateman]

15 questions about what kind of shapes/patterns fit with puzzles. No math questions but what the f***. I'm not Rain Man.

 

[patrickbateman]

Passed it. Not sure how but now I have to come up with a one hour presentation.

 

[petergreww3]

Don’t ask my why places use the wonderlic as a pre/screen for employment- I never got it.

Taken it a few times - worst place that used it is a place I worked doing car insurance. I get that it test things like overall intelligence and ability to prioritize- but we would get PERFECT candidates - knew their shit, good personality - but they were former shop employees trying to go white collar - dudes would score a 4 and be eliminated as candidates. Then we would get some smug ass recent college graduate - know it all types, no personality and could not add wiper fluid to a car - they would pass and get the job. Of course 98% of the job was bullshitting people and dealing with a shop tech - guess how that went when some guy who felt he was better than a “grease monkey” came in with their attitude.

Key to test is skip through the easy questions first and then move to the tougher ones - do what you can and not spend too much time on any - pick the answer that fits best using deductive reasoning (I/E when it’s a math question and 2 answers are very close with perhaps a decimal point difference - assume one of those 2 is correct and your odds of guessing right are now 50/50). I will say this, absolutely all students who graduated from university come and do not have any practical skills, and this is the whole problem. They have theory, but they do not know how to apply it. Even when I was studying, I asked do my homework, I used https://edubirdie.com/do-my-homework for this. And I think most people did this. Practice is always more important than theory, but for some reason they forget about it.

I will say this, absolutely all students who graduate from university come and do not have any practical skills, and that is the whole problem. They have the theory, but they do not know how to apply it.

 

[djefferis]

I will say this, absolutely all students who graduate from university come and do not have any practical skills, and that is the whole problem. They have the theory, but they do not know how to apply it.

Can’t speak to everyone - but agree there is a problem. We are teaching to the test - not problem solving skills to deal with whatever life throws their way.

Like you say - they know the theory - but not how to come up with answers on their own or how to apply it when it doesn’t fit the problem exactly.