Originally Posted by
frmrdashtrash
So if you've got 2 applicants. One has 8000 hrs, ATP, couple of types and a 2.2 GPA from 13 years ago. The other is a wet ink commercial with a 3.8 and graduated 5 months ago.
Who are you going to hire?
I interviewed at ASA last year and got asked about my GPA. FWIW, I thought it was a stupid question to ask someone who's been out in the real world for over a decade.
Agreed - but you slanted that question.
If we are comparing GPA's - those people ought to be asking themselves between two people with the wet commercials, and one has the 3.8 and the other a 2.2 then who is likely to get the nod?
Of course then there is the question if the 3.8 was in Art and the 2.2 in Aero Engineering. Will the aero guy even get a chance to explain his case or will the computer just slice him out of the pack? The number is the first thing they see and you often don't have the chance to fix a bad first impression.
I do agree that the GPA (if that is a factor in the hiring equation) should become less and less of a factor the longer the person as ben out of the academic world. REAL WORLD performance is much more important imo - but that takes time and opportunity.
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