
Listener Mail: Big Brother At Work, Standardized Tests and a Crucial Guinea Pig Correction
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Hazards of a Standardized Test
i was not aware that standardized testing happened during job applications. I've seen some things about aptitude testing, which seems to be something maybe different than this kind of andardized test a tech company would put out. mat: There are jobs that do have what we consider sanadized test. For instance, any job in the trades that requires a certification,. They're not grappling, necessarily, with philosophical questions. The most important part of intelligence is the ability to learn from experience. You can't really tests for specific experiential things like reading comprehension or vocabulary. It's just weird to me that k dubs applied for an entry level position where i imagined there would be a ton
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