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"that's not true; it's an Internet urban myth."

Jordan vs City of New London, year 2000, US 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals - try again.

Yes, this has come up several times on HN before. In a single municipality, with a population of 27,000, more than 25 years ago, one person was declined for a job on the basis of being overqualified. Meanwhile, virtually every major police department in the country administers a form of cognitive testing to all new recruits, and many require post-secondary schooling.

Single municipality? No. Learn what the Wonderlic score is and how it was used in the 80s and 90s. Police departments used to have an IQ cap of 110 (about 27 on the Wonderlic score scale) and would not hire applicants with higher Wonderlic scores.

Try again - you're arguing with someone that's been in court over this.

I'm familiar with Wonderlic and would be very happy for sources on this, because the only sources I've ever seen have been that dumb New London case.

What sources are you using? The og reporter did provide a source but you have not.

Just want to say that I went looking for cases other than New London and found nothing. You've got something interesting to share here, share it!

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