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I have previously received an offer from Google and was low balled quite a bit. When pressed on this, they pointed to my lack of degree. So I got a job offer f
by jerdfelt 11y ago
I have previously received an offer from Google and was low balled quite a bit. When pressed on this, they pointed to my lack of degree.
So I got a job offer from them without a degree, but they certainly did care.
- Negative1 11y agoYou're generalizing; just because one recruiter used this as a lame excuse does not equate it to being policy at a company of hundreds (thousands?) of recruiters.
- jerdfelt 11y agoThis was from the manager I would have been working for. Like any large organization, there are exceptions and he could be the exception rather than the rule. From my perspective, "Google" cared about degrees.
- puranjay 11y agoIs it a lack of a degree or a lack of a relevant degree? Like, if you had a BA in History but were a very competent programmer, would your lack of a STEM degree be held against you as much?
- jerdfelt 11y agoI do not have any degree, relevant or not. Obviously they were happy with my competency since I was offered a job, they just took the path where they used my lack of degree as a negotiating tactic. Turns out there are plenty of other places that don't care about degrees and offer more money, so I accepted a job somewhere else. It was an easy decision at the time.