Very true. Key point is "some" I have seen exceptionally brilliant people and people even dumber than rocks. Taking my own example, I was interviewed for IBM

Very true. Key point is "some" I have seen exceptionally brilliant people and people even dumber than rocks. Taking my own example, I was interviewed for IBM, fresh out of college. Qualifications for getting up-to the interview part : >5.9 CGPA, a bachelor's degree in any stream (Electrical, Civil, Mechanical, Aero, Computer Science, etc.) Selection process : 1. Written test that is mostly aptitude questions, toughness of questions well below that of GMAT. So if you can manage to score a 400+ in GMAT, this test would be a cake walk. A few questions on programming, mostly C. 2. A Technical interview round, comically out of context to the needs of the current job. The interviewer was a guy, no more than 5 years older than me, asking questions about a few math puzzles, a few logic puzzles, etc. 3. An HR interview, mostly checking communication skills I guess. It went like this. Q : What did you do yesterday? A : Watched Lord of the Rings trilogy at home. Q : What is the movie about? A : [All my days of binge watching F.R.I.E.N.D.S made my English a bit fluent and, I guess smooth] Explained the whole trilogy, blah, blah, blah. [ Note, I'm not a native English speaker, and this happened in 2007 ] End of the interview. I truly felt that If this is what they are asking everyone, then they are not here for recruitment, but just to fill up some positions with people.