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I went to a "top 10 school." I'd say that only maybe 20% of the students (in CS) were people that I would want to hire if I were running a company. A lot of top

I went to a "top 10 school." I'd say that only maybe 20% of the students (in CS) were people that I would want to hire if I were running a company. A lot of top school students get accepted because a) mom and dad are rich, sent kid to feeder high school, pushed kid to do ECs/do tutoring/get help with essays b) they fit into some admissions "bucket" like {has inspirational story} or {huge volunteering effort} or {also amazing artist}. The worst students were always the ones that went to feeder schools and had wealthy parents, which are incidentally the majority of students at top schools

stmw 9y ago
Exactly. Those a great examples, and you could add the ones of students who are not interested in being engineers. Of course, technical interviews and really any other recruiting process, are not perfect, but it gets one closer.
Consultant32452 9y ago
I wonder if your experience taints your opinion here. I don't know because I barely went to a state college for a minute before I got the job I wanted and dropped out. It's possible if you spent the same time at an average university first you might find 50 or 80% of the "top 10" students to be worth hiring.