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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hire CS and engineers. I see a ton of resumes and transcripts. I don't hire anyone under a 3.5 GPA. But all the kids above 3.8 want $100k and aren't getting that unless they are truly superstars. Oh and you have to be willing to work in person. [/quote]

My CS kid and his friends love working in person...but he has never been asked his GPA (at least not yet).  Company where he has an offer had him complete a number of difficult CS challenges before they spent time on interviews.  I gather if he aced those, then GPA is irrelevant (his GPA is actually pretty good)?

He is also getting well north of $100k, but out in SF.[/quote]
A FAANG asked for my GPA and SAT score, but this was 10+years ago. I don't know if they still require that info.  Ridiculous. I had been out of college for over 10 years, and had that much experience.[/quote]

My kid's friend got a job at Google and was worried that when they asked for his transcript (after getting and accepting an offer) that they may react to his 3.1 GPA...but they just wanted to confirm he had taken the classes he said he had taken.

No mention of the GPA.  Google back in the day was huge on elite schools, SAT scores, logic problems, etc...but has moved far away from all of that.[/quote]

I am the other hiring manager posting here.

We are not hung up about GPA, particularly for engineers (many E schools curve all their courses and then place the median grade at B-).  As I noted previously way above, we care a LOT which upper level courses a new grad took.  So we will routinely ask for a transcript to see just which upper level electives the new grad took.

Separately, legal says we are not allowed to enquire whether the student has a legal right to work in the US, but the company will not sponsor anyone for any visa.  If the new grad is a US Citizen or US Permanent Resident, it is smart to explicitly say whether US citizen or PR, probably as the last item on the resume.  That eliminates the uncertainty both for HR and hiring managers.  Make it easy for hiring managers to say yes,[/quote]

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