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diob • 02/20/2025 • 2 replies • view on HN

It's because coding interview questions aren't so much assessing job skills as much as they are thinly veiled IQ tests.

I think if it was socially acceptable they'd just do the latter.


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tptacek • 02/20/2025

Plenty of companies administer IQ tests. The reason everyone doesn't is that it doesn't work well.

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vasco • 02/20/2025

A lot of companies have IQ like tests, in particular big consulting companies like McKinsey and so on.

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