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Last time I went through a FAANG tier loop nobody that interviewed me had even looked at my résumé. And when I’ve been on the other side of the table I rarely g

by User23 5y ago

Last time I went through a FAANG tier loop nobody that interviewed me had even looked at my résumé. And when I’ve been on the other side of the table I rarely gave them a glance either. Although I will say I’ve never once had a bad interview or work experience with a U of Waterloo graduate. They’re doing something wildly right up there. I’m not sure this is a good thing or a bad thing. In any event it’s clear to me that the sole purpose of a résumé is getting past the talent acquisition filter. Which is interesting since evidently they don’t read them either.

gramie 5y ago
> I’ve never once had a bad interview or work experience with a U of Waterloo graduate Well, one of the things they are doing is requiring a 95%+ average from HS graduates (we don't generally do SATs up here), along with scores in competitions like Descartes (for math) that UW runs for HS students. They can take the cream of the cream of the crop. Also a seasoned and fantastically well-regarded co-op program for most disciplines (all engineering programs are co-op). There is a lot more (and probably much that has changed since I graduated 35 years ago), but there must be a reason that Microsoft hires -- or did hire -- more grads from UW than from any other university.