GPA is ~3.5-3.6 from a top university. Have previous internship experience from several good companies (FAANG + Unicorn) Want to make it past the resume screen for top companies (Facebook, Google, Robinhood, Databricks, etc.) 1. Should I leave it on my resume for recruiting full time roles? 2. Where should I place the Education/GPA section on my resume? Below or above the experience section? Please explain your thoughts. Would be much appreciated! TC: 0
“...internship experience from several good companies.” As a hiring manager, this is the part I will focus on. I care that you can do the work. The school is useful because it gives me an idea of the curriculum. The grades are irrelevant TBH.
Yes. Drop it after 3-4 yrs. for new grad roles sometimes there is a min gpa 3.0 or 3.2) so having it on helps
I would say no to including your GPA. It’s fine, but it’s not impressive. It’s not going to help you really. When I see Education at the top of a resume it makes me think new grad with little work experience. Nothing wrong with that, but if you do have relevant work experience beyond internships then I would put education lower down on your resume.
Internships are more important. Include it for the first year or two post school then focus on experience only
Omitting the GPA on a recent grad resume is usually interpreted as indicating your GPA was below 3.0. On more experienced resumes (5yr? 10yr? There’s no rule) it no longer matters. When filling recent grad roles in prior companies we would often have a min GPA bar for new grads. (Often 3.5 but it would vary). If I’m sorting through 20 resumes and there’s no GPA on it, it will immediately go into the circular filing cabinet.
I was asked by a recruiter once why I didn’t have my gpa and I just thought recruiters didn’t care, they told me if they see a new grad doesn’t include their gpa they automatically assume they omitted it because it’s bad (< 3.0). If you’re new grad you should include it, unless it really is bad, if you have a few years exp you probably don’t need it.
Yeah man for new grad what else you got?
Projects? Internships? Referrals? Programming contests?
Great! Then you should add those too!
I think yes because your GPA is not bad. Here’s how I think about GPAs determining the candidate quality: 3.8+ - Very smart 3.6-3.7 - Above average 3.4-3.5 - Average, but smart enough 3.4 or less - Little to no chance of passing the interview These ranges are very rough and are just guesses, but I think if your GPA is 3.4 or less, you can leave it out.
GPA seems to correlate a lot with work ethic and not necessarily pure intelligence
I passed FAANG with a 3.2 :)