Editing SAT (section)

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Cognitive ability is correlated with job training outcomes and job performance.<ref name="Kuncel-2010" /><ref name="Treu-2014">{{Cite news|last=Treu|first=Zachary|date=February 26, 2014|title=Your SAT and ACT scores could make a difference in your job future|work=PBS Newshour|department=Nation|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/sat-act-scores-make-difference-job-future|access-date=August 26, 2021|archive-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826231323/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/sat-act-scores-make-difference-job-future|url-status=live}}</ref> As such, some employers rely on SAT scores to assess the suitability of a prospective recruit,<ref name="Dewan-2014" /> especially if the person has limited work experience.<ref name="Treu-2014" /> There is nothing new about this practice.<ref name="Weber-2004">{{Cite news|last=Weber|first=Rebecca L.|date=May 18, 2004|title=Want a job? Hand over your SAT results|work=Christian Science Monitor|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0518/p13s01-legn.html|access-date=August 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826230928/https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0518/p13s01-legn.html|archive-date=August 26, 2021}}</ref> Major companies and corporations have spent princely sums on learning how to avoid hiring errors and have decided that standardized test scores are a valuable tool in deciding whether or not a person is fit for the job. In some cases, a company might need to hire someone to handle proprietary materials of its own making, such as computer software. But since the ability to work with such materials cannot be assessed via external certification, it makes sense for such a firm to rely on something that is a proxy of measuring general intelligence.<ref name="Dewan-2014" /><ref name="Korn-2014" /> In other cases, a firm may not care about academic background but needs to assess a prospective recruit's quantitative reasoning ability, and what makes standardized test scores necessary.<ref name="Weber-2004" /> Several companies, especially those considered to be the most prestigious in industries such as [[investment banking]] and [[management consulting]] such as [[Goldman Sachs]] and [[McKinsey & Company|McKinsey]], have been reported to ask prospective job candidates about their SAT scores.<ref name="Korn-2014">{{Cite news|last=Korn|first=Melissa|date=March 25, 2014|title=Job Hunting? Dig Up Those Old SAT Scores|language=en-US|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|url=https://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303636404579395220334268350.html|access-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211113151222/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303636404579395220334268350|archive-date=November 13, 2021|issn=0099-9660|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Salmans|first=Sandra|date=November 7, 2004|title=Don't Throw That Score Out Yet|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/education/edlife/dont-throw-that-score-out-yet.html|access-date=November 13, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113024606/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/07/education/edlife/dont-throw-that-score-out-yet.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Alison|last=Griswold|title=Goldman Sachs, Bain, McKinsey: Job Candidates SAT Scores|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-bain-mckinsey-job-candidates-sat-scores-2014-3|date=March 4, 2004|access-date=November 13, 2021|website=Business Insider|language=en-US|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113024558/https://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-bain-mckinsey-job-candidates-sat-scores-2014-3|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=McKinsey's online application FAQs {{!}} Careers {{!}} McKinsey & Company|url=https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/application-faq|access-date=November 13, 2021|website=www.mckinsey.com|language=en|archive-date=November 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113024607/https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/application-faq|url-status=live}}</ref>

Nevertheless, some other top employers, such as [[Google]], have eschewed the use of SAT or other standardized test scores unless the potential employee is a recent graduate. Google's [[Laszlo Bock]] explained to ''The New York Times'', "We found that they don't predict anything." Educational psychologist Jonathan Wai suggested this might be due to the inability of the SAT to differentiate the intellectual capacities of those at the extreme right end of the distribution of intelligence. Wai told ''The New York Times'', "Today the SAT is actually too easy, and that's why Google doesn't see a correlation. Every single person they get through the door is a super-high scorer."<ref name="Dewan-2014" />