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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Yep. Early in my career I had to supervise an entry-level employee who'd graduated from an Ivy league school. She straight up told me she didn't think she should have to do certain menial tasks that all assistants did because she went to &quot;X&quot; school.   I wonder what happened to her. She left to go to some sketchy start-up purely because the leadership was from her college. I guess she thought they wouldn't expect someone with &lt;1 year experience to do menial tasks. Good luck with that. If she'd been willing to stick it out and do the assistant work at our company (which is now one of the top consulting firms in my field) she'd have learned a ton and had a good foundation for a career in our industry.

I hire for entry level positions now at a different company and always look extra closely at attitude/work ethic from Ivy+ grads to weed out that mindset. Especially love to see a basic retail/food service job on their resume.[/quote]
It's not just the Ivies you have to watch out for.  I ran into the exact same problem with a kid from Texas A&M.  It's a universal problem that you have to try to weed out during the interview process and occasionally one sneaks through.  The good news is they usually quit when they realize they are not going to be treated special.[/quote]

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