Timeline for When should I include information in my resume to indicate I have a high IQ?
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| Mar 28, 2014 at 0:16 | comment | added | reirab | @Tonny Intelligence, by itself, is certainly not sufficient, though. I agree with both you and HopelessN00b on that point. It must be coupled with dedication, social skills, etc. in addition to expertise in your field in most cases. | |
| Mar 28, 2014 at 0:14 | comment | added | reirab | @Tonny, I agree completely that IQ and, especially Mensa membership, is not directly something that employers are looking for, as I posted earlier, I would advise against listing a Mensa membership on a resume. The point I was specifically disagreeing with here was the assertion that intelligence or 'being smart' aren't needed. For many jobs, intelligence is needed in order to even gain the skills required for the job and higher levels of intelligence will make you more adapt at performing the tasks of many jobs, engineering being an example. | |
| Mar 27, 2014 at 23:19 | comment | added | Tonny | @reirab HopelessN00b is right. And, being myself someone who would easily qualify for Mensa, I know from personal experience that purely IQ (which is a very debatable subject anyway... What exactly is IQ ?) doesn't mean anything and certainly NOT for job-selection. In fact: It really puts people off. Either they feel threatened by someone possibly smarter than themselves or they consider bringing it up arrogant. And most people I know will automatically associate high IQ with bad social skills, which can be really detrimental to the workplace (the "bad team-player" consideration). | |
| Mar 26, 2014 at 20:41 | comment | added | HopelessN00b |
@reirab Like I said, Companies just need someone smart enough to do the job. In the context of sophisticated engineering, sure, you have to be pretty smart to do it, but even there, the intelligence requirement is secondary - it's just part of what's required to do the job. They're still not going to hire a non-engineer, no matter how high his IQ is, and frankly, the company's not going to care about the IQ of the engineers it does hire. I would assert that they'd be happy to hire an engineer with an IQ of 80, if he could somehow do quality engineering work.
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| Mar 26, 2014 at 20:06 | comment | added | reirab | @HopelessN00b, Within many engineering organizations, I would greatly disagree with the assertion that being smart or intelligent is not something that companies need. Of course, that varies a lot by organization. If you're designing 101 database front-ends, it's not needed as much (though still helpful.) If you're designing RF equipment, an operating system, firmware for a satellite or avionics, etc., it's required. Having said that, arrogance is absolutely something that they don't need and that's exactly what listing Mensa membership on one's resume or CV would convey to me. | |
| Mar 26, 2014 at 12:38 | comment | added | HopelessN00b | @BЈовић Honestly, for the most part, no. Check out the other answers - smart people tend to get bored with the mundane tasks most every job requires. Companies just need someone smart enough to do the job. Not that IQ really correlates to much useful anyway, at least not with normal values (and MENSA-qualification is in a normal range - 1 out of every 50 people has an IQ high enough to qualify for MENSA. Worldwide, that's 140 million people... not exactly "elite" or noteworthy, really.) | |
| Mar 26, 2014 at 12:08 | comment | added | BЈовић | Are you saying that "being smart" is not something companies need? BTW "intelligence" is not "being smart" | |
| Mar 25, 2014 at 17:45 | history | answered | HopelessN00b | CC BY-SA 3.0 |