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I like oracle way of hiring. You got a degree from a decent college with decent GPA you are in. Very clear and straight forward. If you got in a decent college

by icn2 13y ago

I like oracle way of hiring. You got a degree from a decent college with decent GPA you are in. Very clear and straight forward. If you got in a decent college and graduated with a decent GPA - you are smart and somewhat hardworking, you should be doing well in your job.

pja 13y ago
Google recently revealed that going back over the data they kept about past hires demonstrated that an individual's GPA was completely independent of the quality of their future contributions to the company. Why should Oracle be any different?
- taway2012 13y ago
  There is a diff between what the parent said and what you said. They aren't opposites, hence they can both can be true. IMHO. What I understood from parent was: good college + good GPA => meets minimum hiring criteria, so make them an offer. What you are saying is: (good college, good GPA) is not correlated with magnitude of performance among PEOPLE ALREADY HIRED INTO GOOGLE.
  - mikeash 13y ago
    I bet height correlates very weakly with basketball ability among top NBA players, too.
  - gregors 13y ago
    I'm glad to know that somehow being at a good college makes learning about linked lists somehow more relevant to employers.
- a8da6b0c91d 13y ago
  Have you considered that Google might be lying? Many larger firms with technical employees are worried about their lack of diversity, and the relevant legal risks. They may have to bend their effective practices to mitigate this risk. Beyond making this claim as an ulterior rationalization, mendaciously spreading it might help trip up competitors.
  - throwaway_a 13y ago
    Correct me if I'm wrong, but considering the general make-up of Tech-employees in the Bay Area, by following your logic to conclusion leads me to think hiring outside of white males is a negative... if you think diversity = tripping up companies.
- bobbbinsIII 13y ago
  google are a notoriously selective employer, so it's hardly surprising that GPA has limited predictive power within the sample of people who were successful applicants.
  - gregors 13y ago
    Actually I really like the way Google gets their best employees -- they get them in acquisition after they've build something useful
  - heurist 13y ago
    That could go the other way too - if they don't hire people based on their GPA they might be weeding out bad developers even if they did well in school.

by icn2 13y ago

pja 13y ago

Google recently revealed that going back over the data they kept about past hires demonstrated that an individual's GPA was completely independent of the quality of their future contributions to the company. Why should Oracle be any different?

taway2012 13y ago
There is a diff between what the parent said and what you said. They aren't opposites, hence they can both can be true. IMHO. What I understood from parent was: good college + good GPA => meets minimum hiring criteria, so make them an offer. What you are saying is: (good college, good GPA) is not correlated with magnitude of performance among PEOPLE ALREADY HIRED INTO GOOGLE.
- mikeash 13y ago
  I bet height correlates very weakly with basketball ability among top NBA players, too.
- gregors 13y ago
  I'm glad to know that somehow being at a good college makes learning about linked lists somehow more relevant to employers.
a8da6b0c91d 13y ago
Have you considered that Google might be lying? Many larger firms with technical employees are worried about their lack of diversity, and the relevant legal risks. They may have to bend their effective practices to mitigate this risk. Beyond making this claim as an ulterior rationalization, mendaciously spreading it might help trip up competitors.
- throwaway_a 13y ago
  Correct me if I'm wrong, but considering the general make-up of Tech-employees in the Bay Area, by following your logic to conclusion leads me to think hiring outside of white males is a negative... if you think diversity = tripping up companies.
bobbbinsIII 13y ago
google are a notoriously selective employer, so it's hardly surprising that GPA has limited predictive power within the sample of people who were successful applicants.
- gregors 13y ago
  Actually I really like the way Google gets their best employees -- they get them in acquisition after they've build something useful
- heurist 13y ago
  That could go the other way too - if they don't hire people based on their GPA they might be weeding out bad developers even if they did well in school.