<p>I recently did a phone interview of a PhD candidate at a HYPS type of school. The position was for a summer internship, which could be filled by a BA. I really liked her on the phone. I asked her if she would consider to forego her PhD if we wanted to make her a full time offer. She said she would consider it because she is not sure what she is going to be able to do with her PhD. She is Asian. She said she is going to have to convince her parents because they had the misconception of better educated you are more employable you are. After 2 years in this country, she realized it wasn’t the case.</p>