[PGR88]

Over inflated opinion of themselves and expectation of compensation that is not in line with the position they are doing. Not big on details, big picture types.

I have a friend who runs a division at an engineering / mechanical / aerospace firm. Decent size - about 5000 employees.

They will never hire a graduate from an Ivy League or top school. Same reasons you mentioned, but also: difficult to retain, they resent what they might consider "drudge" work or unsexy projects, especially as a new hire, and resist being formed to the culture of the company.

His view is - let 'em go fight for jobs at Google and Amazon.

[Jimmy The Snake]

I worked with them at a high tech IT company and I won’t hire a Harvard grad. MIT or RPI or Northeastern is another story