I have always been impressed and almost a little bit intimidated by the degree of smartness, speed of thinking and capacity to cut through complex concepts that can be observed with consultants at elite firms (MBB). So I wonder how smart do candidates need to be in order to break into these firms and to become successful? From the outside, it almost seems like everybody there is a genius in his/her own right - but from common sense I doubt this is possible. How would you see this - is "normal smartness" enough, or is it necessary to be an IQ>150 super brain? (for reference, I was measured on several occasions with IQ beween 126 and 132, which was enough to excel at school and at university).
And by the way: IQ tests are always designed in a way that the inventor of the test scores extremely high. So it measures more whether you are similar to the inventor ;-)