Thought I was smart until I took a Coinbase aptitude test as part of their interview process.

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You been smoking that crypto stuff?

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So niche love it

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You may have dodged a bullet. Congrats!

I just read about their hiring process, lots of buzz words to… “reduce bias” while most of their approach appears to be biased AF.

Re tests (aptitude or not) during hiring processes, watch “Persona: The Dark Truth Behind Personality Tests”

Good luck! ❤️

p.s. IQ myth has been debunked a long time ago: “After conducting the largest online intelligence study on record, scientists concluded that the notion of measuring one's intelligence quotient by a singular, standardized test is highly misleading.”

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I’ve always known I’m stupid

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Can’t believe I passed the damn thing.

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Coinbase is a disaster so keep looking (big hire and fire culture) but if you get it I’d take it just don’t get paid in bitcoin

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I hear you!

Which team are you aiming for? So many smart folks at Coinbase

Cyber!

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