Can you give me a call? We have a top-level job available beginning in January 2013 at 1600 Pennsylvania in DC.
Can you give me a call? We have a top-level job available beginning in January 2013 at 1600 Pennsylvania in DC.
I guess it's apparent that mentioning IQ would be a negative. You're old enough and experienced enough that hiring managers are going to be looking for actual achievements rather than potential (and IQ is just a potential). You'd be better off mentioning your PR's.
Sorry I missed this call. Can I apply for 2016?
The American Public wrote:
Can you give me a call? We have a top-level job available beginning in January 2013 at 1600 Pennsylvania in DC.
Jimmy Carter IQ was supposedly highest of all presidents. Not many think his job performance was on par. Held that job for only four years. Last one he ever had.
Predict this wrote:
Jimmy Carter IQ was supposedly highest of all presidents. Not many think his job performance was on par. Held that job for only four years. Last one he ever had.
Higher than Jefferson?
182 William Jefferson Clinton [D]
175 James Earle Carter [D]
174 John Fitzgerald Kennedy [D]
155 Richard Milhous Nixon [R]
147 Franklin Delano Roosevelt [D]
132 Harry S Truman [D]
126 Lyndon Baines Johnson [D]
122 Dwight David Eisenhower [R]
121 Gerald R. Ford [R]
105 Ronald Wilson Reagan [R]
098 George Herbert Walker Bush [R]
091 George Walker Bush [R]
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00524.x/abstract
;jsessionid=B9114E58D26A6626FFC71C6D8DD23994.f04t02
Good, gosh. Maybe Obama's is near Carter's because they are the two worst presidents in the last 100 years.
Predict this wrote:
Jimmy Carter IQ was supposedly highest of all presidents. Not many think his job performance was on par. Held that job for only four years. Last one he ever had.
Mensa guy wrote:
I'm in my late-30s and needing employment. Was self-employed but this economy and a recent breach of contract has hit the home finances very hard. I was offered a top-level job while still in college and took it, so I never finished my degree. To compensate I was wondering if mentioning my high IQ OR having it on the resume might be a boost to me.
Any employers out there to give an idea on this. Too much pretense? Arrogance? Your thoughts.
Absolutely do not mention it, but I like the idea of getting someone to put it in a LOR.
A high IQ combined with a modest resume does not make a strong case ofr hiring you.
Finish school. Get that behind you. That also speaks to an inability to follow through.
Since only 2% of people qualify for Mensa, it might be good to leave it off as most if not all reading your resume won't have qualified for Mensa. I think The people considering you for a job like to have you show them something that makes you look just as smart As they are so they feel smart too so think of something that shows THAT instead of something that puts you above them. You're asking them to give you a job so sell yourself that way. Just my opinion
Check Your Source wrote:
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9221.2006.00524.x/abstract;jsessionid=B9114E58D26A6626FFC71C6D8DD23994.f04t02
"Check your source," indeed. That list has been around for a long time, and has been debunked for about the same length of time.
George Bush the Elder--an outstanding student (Phi Beta Kappa) and athlete at Yale--with a two-digit IQ? Suuuure. And Bush the Younger's SAT score was 1206--at that time, the SAT functioned as a de facto IQ test and indicated that his was around 120, which seems right.
[Anyone who knows about IQ assessment would have been put off immediately by the first name on your list. Bill Clinton at 182? Please. In fact, any scores listed at 170+ are immediately questionable.]
Look, I don't like the Bushes any better than you do and never voted for them. (I've never voted for any Republican, actually.) But this ridiculous "W. had a 91 IQ!" meme just has to stop.
For anyone interested, this list (http://academictips.org/interesting-facts/iq-facts-and-iq-of-famous-people/) is perhaps more accurate--but, again, you have to ask what the methodologies were.
Anyway, here's a useful Wiki article on the BS list that CYS provided.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Presidential_IQ_hoax
As the article points out, isn't it convenient that W's IQ on the bogus list was exactly half that of Bill Clinton? And Reagan at 105? I didn't vote for him, either, but give me a break.
The estimates given at the bottom of the Wiki article raise their own questions, but are surely closer to reality than the BS list.
This has to be one of the best troll threads off all time. It started in 2009 and 6 years later people are still responding. Pure genius.
This is even better than that autistic guy who posted a video of himself running a 54 sec 400m in a red singlet while his retarded mom filmed it and his cousin cheered him on and he thought he was gonna make the Olympic team.
I guess more people than I thought read LRC!!
This topic came up and one of my co-workers "outed" me as the OP from 8 years ago. My new company's Sr. VP challenged me and paid for another test. I scored 134, a little lower than wanted/expected but come June 15 I will be the new Jr. VP over strategy for the US and Latin America. Turning 44, never felt so good along with the wage increase!!!
Moes Tavern wrote:
M Guy I feel your pain.
I, too, have been saddled with a high IQ. Added to my woes are great wit, personality and exceptional good looks. It almost makes up for the fact that I only have PRs of 15:31 and 32:48. Times I never see again.
We are a rare breed. Learn to deal with the haters as it is the cruel burden we must bare daily.
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Mensa guy wrote:
I guess more people than I thought read LRC!!
This topic came up and one of my co-workers "outed" me as the OP from 8 years ago. My new company's Sr. VP challenged me and paid for another test. I scored 134, a little lower than wanted/expected . . .
IMO IQ scores from early childhood tend to be higher than scores from mid adulthood retesting. The higher the initial assessment the greater % drop
115s might only drop a point or two while 140 takes a 8-12% hit .
The "good test taker' identity has more impact for the younger tester because of the way the test is score
extreme #s are more volatile wrote:
IMO IQ scores from early childhood tend to be higher than scores from mid adulthood retesting. The higher the initial assessment the greater % drop
115s might only drop a point or two while 140 takes a 8-12% hit .
Thanks for the "tend": my childhood score was only 143, while my 30-something score (both tests administered by psychologists) was 150.
If you're so smart can you solve the airplane on the treadmill puzzle?
You bet it's the best way to gaurentee you'll never get an interview and you can continue to live in your parents basement watching free porn onthe internet
I saw one where the gal slipped it in udder other interests
Past President -Honey Bee Society of NYC
Treasurer Young Democrats for Peace, East Coast Chapter
VP Mystery Readers of Yorkville
Recording Sec'y NYC Mensa
Bd of D Hip-Hop House Camp
Coach G wrote:
You bet it's the best way to gaurentee you'll never get an interview and you can continue to live in your parents basement watching free porn onthe internet
What? Its free now?
(Im another unemployed genius.)