they are well known for not caring where did you study No, this is incorrect -- Google has a list of “favored” academic institutions. It’s not used to filter o

they are well known for not caring where did you study No, this is incorrect -- Google has a list of “favored” academic institutions. It’s not used to filter out candidates, so they’ll still hire people from other backgrounds, but studying at a top university is considered to be a positive signal. (Possibly this has changed recently, but it was true through at least 2012 or so.)