William, a software writer, asks: Is it a good idea to include Mensa membership on my CV? I know that you have answered this question in a previous post, but the type of work is Software Testing which is a job that is greatly enhanced by intellect, ie: a piece of software is given to me and I have to think about different scenarios in which to test, therefore the more I can think of the better. It can be very very methodical but also abstract ideas are also helpful. I don’t have a degree, which could be seen as just as meaningless as there are plenty of people today with degrees. So, if applying for a role such as this, would it be beneficial to put on my CV that I am a member of Mensa?

In answer:

As always, the answer is: depends!

You should be proud of your Mensa membership, but as you no doubt know – from asking this question – it has a bit of a positive/negative “Marmite-like” effect with some others.

Personally, unless I knew that other Mensa members were already part of that company/organisations team, I would exclude it.