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Re:Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard by eshvk on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @11:29PM (#6017287)
> Google is one well-known example that used to require a minimum GPA, even for people with years of experience:

Google asked me for my grades when I was fresh out of school; after that, they never have.

Re:Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard by kamaal on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @11:41PM (#6017321)
>>after that, they never have.

How many times did you quit and rejoin Google?

Re:Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard by enjo on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @12:02AM (#6017385)
They asked for mine, rather early in the interview process I might add, in 2008 or so. I politely declined.
Re:Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard by kyzyl on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @12:33AM (#6017459)
If I might ask, how did you go about declining, and what was their response?
Re:Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard by enjo on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @03:48AM (#6018018)
Hard to say, I ended up finding funding for a project while I was in the process with them. We never really finished.
Re:Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard by jonny_eh on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @02:34AM (#6017838)
Would they expect your grades to change?
Re:Math, Science Popular Until Students Realize They’re Hard by eshvk on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @03:09AM (#6017921)
A good point; I never joined Google the first time around. I simply assumed that that data would have been discarded. It is quite possible, they have all that data in their system every time they call me for interviews or whatever.