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Chinese Company Seeks US Workers With 125 IQ

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-at-the-big-brain-on-the-yankee dept.

CWmike writes "A Chinese IT outsourcing company that has started hiring new US computer science graduates to work in Shanghai requires prospective job candidates to demonstrate an IQ of 125 or above on a test it administers to sort out job applicants. In doing so, Bleum Inc. is following a hiring practice it applies to college recruits in China. But a new Chinese college graduate must score an IQ of 140 on the company's test. The lower IQ threshold for new US graduates reflects the fact that the pool of US talent available to the company is smaller than the pool of Chinese talent, Bleum said."

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  1. URL by dimethylxanthine · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait, they didn't give the link to the test for instant IQ verification...

  2. Search for Intelligent Americans. by MRe_nl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe the CIA and SETI should merge.
    S.I.A.

    CYA

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  3. Re:the cult of the iq test by at_slashdot · · Score: 2, Funny

    "but it has zero ability to measure something like social intelligence, the ability to manipulate people" -- that's what low IQ people say, they are full of social intelligence and are good at manipulating people, they usually end up working in HR.

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  4. Finally! by mdarksbane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Affirmative action for white dudes! Where can I sign up?

  5. Re:Smart enough to cheat and steal by th3rmite · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, don't blame me because I figured out the system!

  6. Re:x and y axes by at_slashdot · · Score: 1, Funny

    Your inability to understand a joke place you in the second or forth category, probably the forth.

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  7. Re:IQ doesn't measure drive.. by Hognoxious · · Score: 4, Funny

    I tested at 156 at age 16, scored in the top 1% for all the standardized tests, and my peers basically assumed I'd be a billionaire today. Turns out though that I'm lazy and have a bad attitude, which prevents me from getting ahead.

    Actually, your real problem is that you don't understand what anecdotal evidence is.

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  8. Re:World is changing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I don't get it; are you underage, or gay?

    Look up Alan Turing.

    I don't get it; are you underage, an artificial intelligence, or gay?

  9. Re:World is changing by fyngyrz · · Score: 3, Funny

    assured my child future

    Impressive. Still... all that, and you still haven't mastered the possessive tense.

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