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I once had an internal recruiter tell me during a phone screen that my resume was weak since I went to a no-name school in the south called Georgia Tech. Durin
by donretag 11y ago
I once had an internal recruiter tell me during a phone screen that my resume was weak since I went to a no-name school in the south called Georgia Tech.
During my last interview round, another interviewer found it hard to believe that I did not use Twitter.
I think these problems existing more in the "trendy" areas such as the Bay area. Once you leave that culture, ignorant recruiters are still around, but the exclusivity is less.
- rsync 11y ago"I once had an internal recruiter tell me during a phone screen that my resume was weak since I went to a no-name school in the south called Georgia Tech." Wow. Just wow. What a (cognitive) bubble to be in.
- donretag 11y agoMany engineering/science-oriented schools have the same issue. Urbana Champaign, Ann Arbor, even CMU. If you are not from a STEM background, you tend to only "recognize" the Ivy League schools and MIT/Caltech/Berkeley/....
- sago 11y agoYou have to really not care about your industry to not recognize Georgia Tech or CMU, birthplace of some of the greatest technical innovations in the industry. Let's talk about how you hire HR people. I've never interviewed for another company (always run my own), but I'd never hire a HR person who didn't have a basic understanding of tech.
- orbitingpluto 11y agoYet that seems to be standard for most recruiters. Do you have 6 years experience using Server 2012? My favourite question ever (made by a recruiter in 2010) was, do you have 8 years of experience programming Android? Or what's the difference between Java and Javascript? Gah...
- ionforce 11y agoIt was a recruiter. Of course they don't care.
- chipgap98 11y agoI think this is spot on. I've seen people on HN say that they prefer the Bay Area to Boston/NY because the Bay Area is so much less exclusive. I think in reality Silicon Valley has its own flavor exclusivity and boxes they are looking to check off in potential employees
- hitekker 11y agoGeorgia Tech is a no-name school? Ridiculous. I did not go there but all the engineers I've had the pleasure of meeting from there seem to know their stuff. Which is far, far, more than I can say for my alma mater.
- andersen1488 11y agoIt's a joke, Georgia Tech is top 10
- zeroonetwothree 11y agoOne of the 25 top 10 schools in fact
- Ologn 11y agoThe computing building is named after a student who went to Georgia Tech in the mid 1990s. He went on to found a company which was sold to IBM for over $1 billion.
- uiri 11y agoFor those interested but did not want to do the research, the student in question is Chris Klaus who donated $15 million in 1999 in order to get Georgia Tech's new (at the time) computing building named after him[1]. He founded Internet Security Systems right after graduating which IBM acquired for approximately $1.3 billion in 2006[2]. It is also interesting to note that the gift was made after his company went public in 1998[3]. [1] http://www.philanthropy.gatech.edu/building/christopher-w-klaus-advanced-computing-building http://www.philanthropy.gatech.edu/building/christopher-w-kl... [2] https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20164.wss https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/20164.wss [3] http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/internet-security-systems-incga-10932-4899 http://www.nasdaq.com/markets/ipos/company/internet-security...
- jrbapna 11y agoSimilar experiences here. GT is very underrated outside of the southeast corridor. I'm hoping this will get better with time.
- ryanSrich 11y agoHa. I had the same thing happen with a recruiter. They thought RIT was a technical institute liken to ITT Tech.
- dclowd9901 11y agoThat seems counter to the norm. Most recruiters I know basically jizz themselves at potential RIT candidates.