There are some companied coming to my college for hiring. The first criteria they put was 70% aggregate marks (60% for some companies).
I have seen people who doesn’t know how to write even a small program getting hired, while people with good programming skills are not even eligible to attend the interview.
Going through 200-300 candidates in an interview might be a tedious job, I am not sure. What other choice do they have?
I think the idea is that the "smart" person will be able to learn what they need to on the job quicker. The person with lower grades may be a better developer but right now of school I think most employees are hiring based on potential and culture fit vs actually development ability.
There are some companied coming to my college for hiring. The first criteria they put was 70% aggregate marks (60% for some companies).
I have seen people who doesn’t know how to write even a small program getting hired, while people with good programming skills are not even eligible to attend the interview.
Going through 200-300 candidates in an interview might be a tedious job, I am not sure. What other choice do they have?