Ask HN: Why does US allow hard tech interview questions if it bans IQ tests?
3 by amichail | 7 comments on Hacker News.
Tech interviewers often claim that they ask difficult questions to gain insight into how candidates think and how they handle reaching their limits. However, this reasoning can sound like plausible deniability. How can you determine whether the real intent is to assess your IQ indirectly without explicitly administering an IQ test? And why does the US permit this practice to continue if IQ tests are banned? P.S. While IQ tests are not strictly banned in the US, using them opens up a company to potential lawsuits.