I seem to recall this is moderately illegal but I don't have a citation off hand
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Replying to @orthonormalist
Personality testing is illegal; "integrity testing" is legal
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Replying to @webdevMason
I'll have to review after work but I seem to recall (also, am not a lawyer) that if a standardized test produces adverse demographic impact you're risking a huge lawsuit.
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Replying to @orthonormalist
Yeah, there's a messy framework around the thing that I've not spent much time exploring, but since the law applies to what employers can require from applicants & not what applicants can offer to employers via 3rd parties, I bet there are at least a few safe paths around that
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Replying to @webdevMason
I think that the point is to not provide a safe path around it because adverse/disparate impact.
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Replying to @orthonormalist
I don't have any ethical concerns with employers trying to hire people with higher IQs
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Replying to @webdevMason
Yeah but you're not sitting on the Supreme Court.
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Replying to @orthonormalist
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make, here...? I don't believe there are any legal grounds to rest on if you're providing information about applicants with their consent, LinkedIn-style.
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Replying to @webdevMason
I'm making a statement of prediction, not of surety, but I believe that a company making hiring decisions based on a test that shows adverse impact would be risky unless the company explicitly anti-weighted the adverse impact of the test.
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Replying to @orthonormalist @webdevMason
The thing about legal grounds is they can make a new one if you find a 'bug' in the system against their intended outcome.
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The SAT is literally such a test
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Replying to @webdevMason
Employers are not allowed to ask for or discriminate based on SAT/GRE scores, although you are allowed to provide them.
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Replying to @orthonormalist @webdevMason
we need to change the law. The Civil Rights Act needs an update.
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