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Re:WTF with High School Questions? by cm2187 on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:10PM (#34508509)
And grades or university name makes it easy to rank candidates to present a short list to the actual recruiter.
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Re:WTF with High School Questions? by jdthedisciple on Tuesday January 24, 2023 @02:16PM (#34508623)
A short but highly unrepresantative list at that.

Too many counter examples irl who had shit grades but were geniuses at actual work to discount.

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Re:WTF with High School Questions? by icedchai on Wednesday January 25, 2023 @09:41AM (#34518761)
Agreed. Some people do not work well in a more structured environment (school), and vice-versa.
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