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=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,98980962322140b7 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Roy Grimm Subject: Re: GPA meaningless? (was "any research...") Date: 1997/05/09 Message-ID: <33733BCD.167E@cca.rockwell.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 240551101 References: <337235E0.7C71@this.message> Organization: Rockwell Collins, Inc. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-05-09T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: W. Wesley Groleau (Wes) wrote: > > 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. I will agree with that assessment. I haven't meant to come off sounding like GPA is completely meaningless. I simply contend that you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't consider other factors in hiring someone. > Same argument probably holds for a lot of factors, not just GPA. I would agree with that as well. -- Voicing my own opinion, not speaking as a company representative... Roy A. Grimm Rockwell Collins Avionics Cedar Rapids, Iowa ragrimm@cca.rockwell.com