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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've noticed a few posters indicating that they side eye or give extra scrutiny to resumes from elite school graduates. While this may be true, it's also not relevant, because they likely don't work at places that most elite school graduates want to work. The occasional washout drifts your way, no big deal.[/quote]

FAANG is full of people who don’t just side-eye elite school graduates, they put them at the bottom of the pile (the exceptions being MIT/CMU, etc.). Sorry to break it to you. [/quote]

What is OCR and why does FAANG do it at elite schools.[/quote]

On-campus recruiting is done more often at elite schools because it's more efficient (higher concentration of skilled workers), but they're smart enough to realize that the total number of desirable applicants at non-elite colleges far outweighs the number at elite schools. The former may need to be more proactive in their job searches, although there's plenty of OCR happening at non-elites, too.[/quote]

Did you know the majority of Harvard students come from public s high chools? It's true, something like 63%. It's also misleading, because way more than 63% of the potential applicant pool goes to public schools. Similarly, are most FAANG hires from state schools? I would guess so! But the elites (including both Harvard/Princeton and MIT/Caltech type schools) are overrepresented. Are elite engineering schools like MIT more favored than elite liberal arts schools like Yale? Probably! But there are a lot of spots two go around. This isn't boutique finance, these are large mass companies.[/quote]

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