Take the 146-Question Knowledge Test Thomas Edison Gave to Prospective Employees (1921)

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Take the 146-Question Knowledge Test Thomas Edison Gave to Prospective Employees (1921)

Thomas Edison, American inventor and businessman, put forward the first famous example of seemingly job-unrelated intellectual tests as a filter for potential employees. It was a 146-question test on subjects of general knowledge from geography to history to physics to the price of gold.

Here are a few to get you started:

http://www.openculture.com/2015/03/t...employees.html

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