IQ tests and career

[idunno]

Hi
i got 50% in Spatial reasoning,100% in Word analysis, 70%in Quantitative skills in an IQ test. Does tat means careers related to languages or literature are suitable for me?

 

[idunno]

here are my results.I wonder what this means career wise.They dont tell
C:\Documents and Settings\pmendes\Ambiente de trabalho\IQ Test Results.htm

 

[Gord_in_Toronto]

. . .
C:\Documents and Settings\pmendes\Ambiente de trabalho\IQ Test Results.htm

Sorry, you're going to have to disable your firewall before I can read your C: drive.

 

[idunno]

of 12 - 50% Spatial ReasoningIncorrect: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Correct: 7 8 9 10 11 12 12 out of 12 - 100% Word AnalysisIncorrect: Correct: 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 7 out of 10 - 70% Quantitative SkillsIncorrect: 25 26 27 Correct: 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 4 out of 7 - 57% Fill in the Blank Incorrect: 35 36 37 Correct: 38 39 40 41 here it is

 

[Brian Jackson]

My company does an IQ test for all new hires because of the nature of our business. It's mostly 3D visualisation and folding shapes in your head. Though I detest IQ tests, since doing this as part of the interview we've gotten better at hiring talented people.

 

[Kaylee]

here are my results.I wonder what this means career wise.They dont tell
C:\Documents and Settings\pmendes\Ambiente de trabalho\IQ Test Results.htm

Hmmm, I think you can safely rule out a career in IT .

Just curious, who gave you the test?

When I was in high school I had to take one of those tests. IIRC, my results said that I should consider the armed forces. If you knew me, especially at the time, you would have laughed until you cried. If I had taken the advice, I probably would have spent my whole career doing KP duty.

One interesting theory I"ve heard about how to choose a line of work is to see what sorts of people you get along with best, and then go into their line of work. A couple of people wrote a book on that theory, but I don't recall the name.

Its an interesting idea, but one serious limitation is that many people at about the age they are first deciding what area to major or apprentice themselves in are very limited in how many working adults they know well. (I've no idea how old you are or if that applies to you.)

If you can afford it and have the time, volunteering in a variety of places over a few years may give you first hand exposure to options that you otherwise wouldnt get. Unfortunately the type of paid jobs most untrained teenagers and young adults can get doesn't go a long way in helping one to figure out career options.

"Informational" interviews can help too. Most people would probably give you about 15 minutes of their time to answer general questions about their job/career. Of course you will have to take their answers with a grain of salt -- I would assume that most adults will accentuate the positive and won't tell you the negative about their choices -- that's only human.

Perhaps you could get started at JREF in the community forum. Open up a thread and ask people about their jobs and what sort of people they think do well in their field.

 

[Kaylee]

My company does an IQ test for all new hires because of the nature of our business. It's mostly 3D visualisation and folding shapes in your head. Though I detest IQ tests, since doing this as part of the interview we've gotten better at hiring talented people.

Interesting.

A tech school I went to offered free tuition (in computer programming) in exchange for reduced pay for the first 8 months after graduation -- after that you were free to go your separate way. Part of the interview process included an IQ test that IIRC was mostly limited to pattern recognition in various forms -- pictures, strings of letters, numbers, etc.

I guess this worked to their satisfaction also -- everyone in my class was able to complete the program and get hired out.

I've also taken other tests as part of the interviewing process at other companies that attempted, AFAIK, to determine your personality type and/or ethics. I doubt those tests worked, I would assume most people would be able to "game" those type of tests and give the interviewer the answers they assume s/he wanted.

At least one of the companies I ended up working for used one of those tests. As far as I could tell they had about the same staff turnover and honesty issues that most of the companies I've worked for had. My anecdotal experience fwiw...

 

[Yahzi]

Hi
i got 50% in Spatial reasoning,100% in Word analysis, 70%in Quantitative skills in an IQ test. Does tat means careers related to languages or literature are suitable for me?

You took an IQ test... and believed it.

That means you got 0% in BS Detection.

Thus you are suited for a career in: politics, preaching, chiropracty, or racist thug.

 

[Cuddles]

Hi
i got 50% in Spatial reasoning,100% in Word analysis, 70%in Quantitative skills in an IQ test. Does tat means careers related to languages or literature are suitable for me?

Well according to this post you get 0% for language and literature, so I wouldn't recommend a career there.

"Hi" is not a sentence, "i" should be capital both as a proper noun and the start of a sentence, "tat" has an h in it, either "Word" should not be capitalised or "analysis should be, same for "Quantitative skills", 70%in should have a space, "means" should be singular.