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If you weed out a large percent due to low GPA, then you've saved time interviewing those people.



You would also weed out a lot of fantastic talent, who aren't motivated by school or didn't go to school.

In programming, this is a significant amount of people.


Ugh, plenty of people are not motivated by school, but manage to pass it with decent grades. I'd personally stay away from "talent" who can work just on the assignments they have genuine deep interest in.




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