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May be true for hiring for entry level roles in same cases, but it is certainly untrue when you are hiring for positions with more than a couple years experienc
by jdc0589 5y ago
May be true for hiring for entry level roles in same cases, but it is certainly untrue when you are hiring for positions with more than a couple years experience. I have literally never looked at anyone's college credentials unless I'm interviewing for an entry level role. I do not know, or care, where any of my coworkers went to school and I don't know anyone who does.
To be fair, we aren't a SV startup, but we've always had an equal engineering presence there (probably 120 engineers there now vs maybe 30 in 2018).
- b20000 5y agoI'm in my 40s and have an ivy league degree from the bay area. I still get discriminated, and I have multiple succesfull products in the market and I'm a semi-celebrity in my niche. And I am still discriminated against.
- disgruntledphd2 5y agoIn my experience, at the FAANG I worked at, there was definitely an "approved" schools list for US candidates. It completely blew my mind, to be honest (and I do see similar weirdnesses in the way US colleagues review CV's, so I don't think it's only a FAANG thing).