Honestly, I think the recruiting process at some of these big tech companies is as broken as the standardized tests like SAT. I was rejected from Google, fresh

Honestly, I think the recruiting process at some of these big tech companies is as broken as the standardized tests like SAT. I was rejected from Google, fresh out of Harvard, I think because they didn't like my choice of major (I'd been programming since elementary school, so I wanted to broaden my interests when I got to college), or GPA (I spent more time on building my own stuff, than school work), and the recruiter also mentioned to me they much prefer pHD's than bachelors, so the bar was much higher as a result. Now, having been a hiring manager at one of the major tech companies, I've seen how arbitrary the process can be. At least the SAT you can study for and master, if you really want to get a perfect score... but when it comes to hiring, there's so many factors that are unpredictable and out of your control.