Out of Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Facebook, Google was the only company that straight up declined to interview me because I did not meet GPA requirements (3.0 cumulative - I had a 3.4 at the time in CS but I hadn't done well in freshman chem or calc 3)
I like that they decided to stop asking brain teasers due to a lack of correlation between performance in them and performance once hired. Do they really think that cumulative GPA has a strong correlation on new-hire performance?
I certainly don't.
(I expect to get some push-back from you guys and I'm interested in the discussion to follow :))
when it comes to hiring graduates I believe the GPA averages are put in places as a first cull.
these companies get so many graduate applicants each year they place an arbitrary requirement on GPA just so they can slightly reduce the number they take to the next stage of the interview process.
I like that they decided to stop asking brain teasers due to a lack of correlation between performance in them and performance once hired. Do they really think that cumulative GPA has a strong correlation on new-hire performance?
I certainly don't.
(I expect to get some push-back from you guys and I'm interested in the discussion to follow :))