This appears to be a change in hiring strategy at Google.
Read a book recently about the early days of the company, and they were very proud that their hiring was based almost entirely on metrics. GPA, SAT, etc.
A stupid strategy, IMO, for exactly the reasons described in the article.
Thanks for mentioning that.
As a newly senior developer, ~6-7 years out of school, the hiring managers were disturbed I didn’t have my GPA on my resume. When asked for it, I basically laughed at them and told them I had no clue what it was, which was partially true. I know it sucks, but I don’t know the exact number. I’m surprised they didn’t want to know how I did in Mrs Adam’s 4th grade class.
I wonder if Larry and the other one still review every applicant or if they’ve kicked that process. You’d think that after a recruiter, a first round phone interview, an 5-7 hour on site interview with 5-7 people, and a regional review board would be enough, but I guess not.
There's a huge gap between "it works on paper" and " I can make it work in reality", and many what I call "hyper-educated" people, can't traverse that gap.
As I tell my kids, frequently.....reality wins - every time. The sooner you learn to deal with that, the better.