Why do big tech companies mainly recruit from Cali Schools?

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alien-34

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alien-34
Aug 1, 2020 20 Comments

I looked up linkedin profiles for people that work at a range of FAANG and big tech companies. The vast majority of profiles I have seen all happen to be either from UC’s, Stanford, or Waterloo.

Why do tech companies discriminate towards state schools?

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  • Sopra Banking
    shai1234

    Sopra Banking

    shai1234
    Nothing like that,you have so many being recruited from NYU,northeastern university,mit,Harvard,UPenn,Boston university and the ivy leagues on the east coast ,I don’t know on what basis do you claim this,even though location does matter without an iota of doubt and California enjoys that advantage over east coast
    Aug 1, 2020 8
    • Sopra Banking
      shai1234

      Sopra Banking

      shai1234
      I don’t see many well known,reputed state schools in the east coast tbh,hmm actually I can recall none unfortunately
      Aug 1, 2020
    • Intel
      sofoeslqjd

      Go to company page Intel

      sofoeslqjd
      I think UVA is the only good one and they’re not really tech focused
      Aug 1, 2020
  • Facebook / Eng
    FXza84

    Go to company page Facebook Eng

    FXza84
    I wouldn't say they discriminate based on school (though there are some recruiters like this everywhere and in every field). What it comes down to is past experience, competency, and potential, + being able to show this in an interview/resume.

    Recruiters have to find the right balance here. The claim is that if you make it through a top tier school, you will likely have all three of these things. That's why they're top tier schools. But obviously this isn't always the case and those that just try to ride in their school name crash and burn.

    If you don't go to one, you still have to prove yourself in all three of these areas, just like they have to, in the interviews and whatnot. You might just not have had as much experience as them and is something you have to work on to get an edge over them.
    Aug 1, 2020 2
    • New
      alien-34

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      alien-34
      OP
      I’ll give you an example from what I have experienced:

      I’m a current senior at NC state in CS. I have managed to get related experience in building Java applications for consumer tech and enterprise. I have applied to a Java engineering roles and I can barely get any attention from recruiters. There is a LinkedIn feature where I can see the people that are recruited for the job roles that I have applied for. I happen to lookup the people that took over SDE1 Java roles and they all happen to UC people with 0 related experience and limited “research” and TA experience. I’m not saying that it is unfair. But I feel like we are constantly being classified/misjudged/underrepresented for the undergraduate school that we go to
      Aug 1, 2020
    • Lyft / Eng
      ☁️🌥⛅️🌤☀️

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      ☁️🌥⛅️🌤☀️
      Anecdote != data

      And unfortunately, prestige does “matter”. Not every FAANG engineer is better than every small startup engineer, quite the opposite in some cases. I agree it can be unfair - the job market for new grads is just difficult right now, so you’re going to see biases no matter what.
      Aug 1, 2020
  • Twitter
    lookupm

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    lookupm
    Maybe because people that were born smart and worked hard and got into Stanford are more likely to succeed at a company than someone who only went to a state school (which has a very low admissions bar)?

    (I didn’t goto Stanford)
    Aug 1, 2020 1
  • Mostly because easier access due to distance and alumni?
    Aug 1, 2020 0
  • Because higher quality pool of talent? Not that I'm saying you can't find high quality talent in state school though
    Aug 1, 2020 0