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[quote=Anonymous]Internships and work history matter.

Schools aren’t as important these days. Having said that, the bias I see in my DC-based office is this: left leaning supervisors won’t interview from SEC or southern schools and right leaning supervisors won’t touch the lefty schools. Moreover, supervisors from ivies or certain prestigious schools shun state schools while those of us who went to state schools are sometimes put off by the ivies. And everyone loves seeing applicants from their Alma mater.

UMD used to be popular at my company but not anymore. Why? The school got harder to get into and most supervisors who went there now have a kid or relative who was turned away despite having good grades. Screw you, UMCP.

I recently led a few recruiting efforts and reached out to HR for input following their initial screening. They flagged two very strong applicants from SEC/southern schools who they said other supervisors hadn’t bothered to interview…because they were turned off by the red state thing. I interviewed them and thought they were both impressive. Ftr, I’m a big lefty but I was disturbed by the obvious bias of my colleagues. [/quote]

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