<story><title>Making software engineering interviews predictive of job performance</title><url>https://www.qualified.io/blog/posts/truly-predictive-software-engineering-interviews</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>new_realist</author><text>“General Mental Ability (GMA) tests (like the IQ test) are very predictive of future job performance, largely because people with high intelligence can learn the skills needed to be successful on the job more rapidly. However, due to legal concerns they’re not recommended for companies hiring in the US.”&lt;p&gt;This is what a classic FAANG interview is: an IQ test which is disguised as a relevant skills test for legal reasons.  And they work quite well.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dominotw</author><text>you can pass every facebook iterview by practicing facebook tagged questions on leetcode. People do that every single day, 
  here is an example from today&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;leetcode.com&amp;#x2F;discuss&amp;#x2F;interview-question&amp;#x2F;551434&amp;#x2F;facebook-phone-android-software-engineer-odd-even-ll-remove-duplicates-from-sorted-array&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;leetcode.com&amp;#x2F;discuss&amp;#x2F;interview-question&amp;#x2F;551434&amp;#x2F;faceb...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Its &lt;i&gt;NOT&lt;/i&gt; related to IQ.&lt;p&gt;You can search leetcode forum for tons of examples of actual FB questions, all of them are tagged on leetcode.</text></comment>
<story><title>Making software engineering interviews predictive of job performance</title><url>https://www.qualified.io/blog/posts/truly-predictive-software-engineering-interviews</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>new_realist</author><text>“General Mental Ability (GMA) tests (like the IQ test) are very predictive of future job performance, largely because people with high intelligence can learn the skills needed to be successful on the job more rapidly. However, due to legal concerns they’re not recommended for companies hiring in the US.”&lt;p&gt;This is what a classic FAANG interview is: an IQ test which is disguised as a relevant skills test for legal reasons.  And they work quite well.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ForHackernews</author><text>My first job out of university was answering tech support calls and the interview process was primarily based on the Wonderlic test[0] (famously given to NFL players).&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Wonderlic_test&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Wonderlic_test&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>