Japanese universities represent the absolute triumph of the signaling theory of education: given that you've passed our (incredibly rigorous) entrance examinati

Japanese universities represent the absolute triumph of the signaling theory of education: given that you've passed our (incredibly rigorous) entrance examination, literally nothing that happens between now and your job interviews matters. Supposing that a ham sandwich had successfully passed the examination for, I don't know, Constitutional Law, the ham sandwich would graduate with ease, and not meaningfully bring down average student participation in its classes. (Things are slightly more rigorous in engineering.) Japanese firms assume that all training which matters happens at the company.