<p>Flowers…no code or weighted language involved. Companies have distinct cultures, some will be a good fit and others not for any one applicant. While part of Walmart may be a better fit for men than women, I was thinking less of prejudicial matters than, say, a company’s willingness to permit flex time, or offer materninty/paternity leave, or require a constant presence in the office, or implicitly require a certain amount of socialization outside of work, or possess a merit-based culture vs. one based on seniority. The list, like I said earlier, is endless.</p>
<p>DAndrew, you may be a fit in a number of professions, or certain geographies, or at certain salary levels, or with certain special areas of topical expertise, or in certain kinds of roles. It is a squishy, individual case based process. I take the opposite view from fetus, I think that hanging your hat on statistical matching is actually the cop-out approach. In my view, SSAT, SAT and college matriculation stats are critical influencers, but not the most critical. I’d choose a less “stats-endowed” school if I believed it would be a better fit for my daughter, make her the best possible person she could be after four years. </p>
<p>There’s no way I’d choose an Exeter over a St. Andrews, for example, simply because it had better stats.</p>