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> Furthermore, I know plenty of people who haven't gone to any college and work at Google. If you don't hear back, it has nothing to do with the college you wen
by foobarqux 12y ago
> Furthermore, I know plenty of people who haven't gone to any college and work at Google. If you don't hear back, it has nothing to do with the college you went to.
The author of "Cracking the Coding Interview", who worked at Google, has publicly said that, at least in her hiring committees, your education and particularly the prestige of the school you went to was very important.
- philwelch 12y agoThat book was published four years ago; that's plenty of time for things to change, and there have been news stories that Google is putting less weight on academic performance because the data shows it doesn't matter that much. (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-how-to-get-a-job-at-google.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/opinion/sunday/friedman-ho...)
- jghn 12y agoI can't imagine that'd be true for someone who has been around the block. I'm pushing 40, I sincerely doubt they'd care about where I did my undergrad. There are all sorts of reasons why they wouldn't take me, but there's no way that's one.
- mvgoogler 12y ago> said that, at least in her hiring committees, your education and particularly the prestige > of the school you went to was very important In all of the hiring committees I've participated in I can't remember a case where the candidate's school was a significant factor in the hiring decision. Even for new grads. It's possible that it's given more weight in the pre-screening process, but once you get to interviews it just doesn't matter much at all. At least that's my experience as both an interviewer and a hiring committee member.