<p>@simba9 mixed bag from my experience, depends on the hiring manager but I have seen people let go and/or in a nice way fired because of their Alma Mater not on Ability and skill set. Sometimes when management has head changes, say a co-worker you don’t particular care for based on the above reason is promoted to your Boss and decides to make changes to your roles and responsibilities and/or worse replaces you with someone from his Alma Mater. I have seen it at one place I worked, I was in another department but saw that the hiring manager was purposely placing candidates from his Alma Mater even over ones that I recommended who had more experience and often were from respected schools. </p>
<p>@boneh3ad Not sure on your amount of experience, 20 years gives me a different view but your experience may differ, again it might be my field which is filled with ivy grads and heads so large they won’t fit through most door ways.</p>
<p>@sacchi Really do not agree with you at all, you creating a oxymoron with your statement. If you overlooked one person who didn’t go to MIT, Stanford or etc, but yet had ton’s of proven experience, a great CV and kudos from coworkers and superiors, than you are possibly missing the boat on hiring good talent. Having worked with MIT, Stanford and etc. graduates, I can attest that they are indeed sharp but not always the sharpest knife in the drawer and some were terribly book smart and great at taking tests, but folded under pressure.</p>