It was a test to see how intelligent you are. Such tests probably aren't necessary in your field, but they'll still have you solve a problem on a whiteboard to see how intelligent you are. Most large corporations will have their potential employees apply online and the application process will usually include some form of an IQ test. I can't think of a single large corporation I worked for that didn't require me to take such a test.
We have IQ tests everywhere and they are (rightfully) barriers to many paths a person can take. 10 U.S. Code § 520 requires them for entering the military. There have been two experiments with lowering the minimum from 85 to 80 but in both cases the men could not master anything well enough to justify their costs.
Yes, that is intelligence. The ability to adapt is intelligence.
Known information is called knowledge
Your ability to do something is called talent
Your ability to do something well from experience is called skill
If you have both knowledge and skill than you're an expert
But the ability to think, calculate and adapt is called intelligence.
Intelligence is your mental speed, your wit, your capability to understand something new as it is presented to you.
In my view intelligence cannot be measured.
It can be but many argue about the methodology or the different categories of intelligence. But your speed is literally your intelligence. That's why we call unintelligent people "slow" or "retarded" (medical term for "slow").
Ok.. they why don't every large corporation just give people an IQ test.
You mean like the SAT?
Correct.
It was a test to see how intelligent you are. Such tests probably aren't necessary in your field, but they'll still have you solve a problem on a whiteboard to see how intelligent you are. Most large corporations will have their potential employees apply online and the application process will usually include some form of an IQ test. I can't think of a single large corporation I worked for that didn't require me to take such a test.
We have IQ tests everywhere and they are (rightfully) barriers to many paths a person can take. 10 U.S. Code § 520 requires them for entering the military. There have been two experiments with lowering the minimum from 85 to 80 but in both cases the men could not master anything well enough to justify their costs.
In my view intelligence cannot be measured. The most important skill is the ability to adapt.
Yes, that is intelligence. The ability to adapt is intelligence.
Known information is called knowledge
Your ability to do something is called talent
Your ability to do something well from experience is called skill
If you have both knowledge and skill than you're an expert
But the ability to think, calculate and adapt is called intelligence.
Intelligence is your mental speed, your wit, your capability to understand something new as it is presented to you.
It can be but many argue about the methodology or the different categories of intelligence. But your speed is literally your intelligence. That's why we call unintelligent people "slow" or "retarded" (medical term for "slow").
They all do.