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Requiring job applicants to take IQ tests was ruled illegal by the Supreme Court in 1971.

Aneel Ranadive attends the grand opening of KAOS Dayclub & Nightclub at Palms Casino Resort on April 6, 2019, in Las Vegas.The owner of a San Francisco-based venture capital firm apologized after his company faced a social media backlash for requiring job applicants to take an online IQ test.

posted the mea culpa on Twitter“Someone on the team recently posted a job posting w/ numerical tests that was horrifying for me to see and counter to the mission and not indicative of how I want to build Soma,” Ranadive said in a tweet Tuesday morning. “I found out yesterday and we removed immediately & will work 10x harder to be clear on culture.”

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