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rjl -at- bostech -dot- com wrote:
> Fred Wersan said:
> >There is an ad in the back of the Sept. issue of INTERCOM (an STC
publication)
> >that asks candidates for a tech writing position to send a resume
> >including ...SAT scores (1400 or higher)
> Fourteen Hundred!!! Holy $#%^!!!!
> If memory serves, that's 200 points -higher- than the SAT score that MENSA
> requires for membership!!!
> They'd better watch out. People that smart are gonna figure out how to ask
> for reeeeelly big raises.
Getting a 1400 or higher combined score on the SAT puts you in the top 1 to
2% of people who take that test. For a company to say that they only hire
the top 2% "smartest" people, based on some test they took in high school,
is complete rubbish. I would never want to work for a place with such silly
screening practices.
And, yes, MENSA *only* requires a 1200 for membership.
LJ "1420" Shoots
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LJ "Dances with NASTRAN" Shoots, ljshoots -at- mitre -dot- org
"I think I think; therefore, I think I am." - Ambrose Bierce
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