From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_40,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,98980962322140b7,start X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: "W. Wesley Groleau (Wes)" Subject: GPA meaningless? (was "any research...") Date: 1997/05/08 Message-ID: <337235E0.7C71@this.message>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 240283480 Sender: usenet@most.fw.hac.com X-Nntp-Posting-Host: sparc02 Organization: Hughes Defense Communications Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-08T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: It's true that GPA is not a reliable indicator of competence or of incompetence. _But_ if you need to hire _five_ software engineers, and you have 1000 applicants, using GPA to cut it to 100 applicants is not entirely foolish. You're probably willing to take the slim chance of missing the best candidate (of 1000) and getting the second best, rather than having to interview all 1000. It is highly unlikely that _all_ the good candidates have low GPAs. If the difference between 99.1 percentile and 99.2 percentile is critical, then your company is in too much trouble for anyone to rescue. Same argument probably holds for a lot of factors, not just GPA. If you need five people and have five applicants, then looking at GPA may indeed be foolish.... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Wesley Groleau (Wes), Hughes Defense Communications, Fort Wayne, IN USA Senior Software Engineer - AFATDS Tool-smith Wanna-be w w g r o l at p s e s e r v 3 dot f w dot h a c dot c o m SPAM should be sent to I.want.one@mailbombs.for.idiots.org If you don't want to pay $500 (see 47 USC 227), don't send it here. --------------------------------------------------------------------------