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snappy, most HR dept were decimated in last down turn, what’s left now is new hires and over-worked senior folks. If someone ask me how did on my SATS, when I say huh 28 years ago…..and the interviewer is probably 25!
LOL, DH, but definitely not!
“As lechacal said, the Bar exams were pass/fail, and I crammed to learn what I needed to pass, passed, and then promptly forgot all of it, none of which bears any relation to practice.”
Same thing as the CPA (duh, all you guys know more about taxes then i do!!)
I agree with jessi. I never did well on the standardized tests (PSAT, SAT, LSAT), but got into prep school, college, and law school based on grades and writing essays (to the extent they were required).
As lechacal said, the Bar exams were pass/fail, and I crammed to learn what I needed to pass, passed, and then promptly forgot all of it, none of which bears any relation to practice.
Lech, I hear ya on that. I always got good grades and alright standardized test scores – this landed me first at an average undergrad and then at an average law school. It wasn’t until getting a job when all that mattered was grades that I was able to advance myself. I know your point was more philosophical, but that’s my take on it.
denton, I’ve never heard that term, but that’s basically it. If you’re not that bright but your parents move mountains to get you into MIT, well you’re still just not that bright and after a while you’re going to end up in the same place you would have ended up if you had gone to state school like you should have. OTOH if you’re super bright but you go to state school over time you’ll end up shoulder to shoulder with the best and brightest from MIT.
Again, as it happens a large portion of the really smart people go to really good schools, but that doesn’t disprove my point at all. Correlation not causation.
Denton, they ask! It’s a nutty situation out there. So many highly qualified people applying for so few jobs…I suppose they figure they need some way to differentiate one great resume from another. I just think they need to find a new way. Until then, I guess I’m going .45 shopping with Tybur 🙂
L @ 6:06, don’t they call that the Harvard quandary?
That is, if you were smart enuf to get into Harvard, but didn’t go to college at all, would you still end up in the same place later in life?
“At my level, it’s insulting. ”
hey snappy, I hear ya… maybe I shouldn’t have compared my kid, who’s not long outta school, to a higher position like you hold. Maybe this particular fund used it only on the young hires. (then again, maybe not if folx are still asking you!)