In the job market, how often where you asked your gpa after telling the employer you have the degree?

1/13/2006 11:49:42 PM

once...didn't get that job offer
Probablt had a dozen other interviews and got one whole offer. Noone else asked about GPA.

1/14/2006 12:03:49 AM

If you don't put it down, they will ask. Why wouldn't they?


You have negligible experience.

1/14/2006 12:31:02 AM

not at all

1/14/2006 1:16:07 AM

yeah, it came up

i mean, its what youve been doing the last 4 years...id say its pretty relevant

it was the key component of my resume

1/14/2006 1:49:31 AM

Not very...

then again it I am a Graphic Design major and the studios I know said it really ultimatemly depends on the portfolio

1/14/2006 4:10:57 AM

GOD DAMN'T I NEED TO EMPHASIZE THIS!!!

[Edited on January 14, 2006 at 4:14 AM. Reason : (damn double post)]

1/14/2006 4:13:21 AM

never.

1/14/2006 12:36:11 PM

investment banks care a lot about it

1/14/2006 1:09:10 PM

mine never really came up. mine wasnt amazing, but i have a great job.

TAKE THAT DR. TRUSSEL!

1/14/2006 2:20:27 PM

i had 2.6 between two very hard majors and 20 hr work weeks, still managed to finish everything on time. sometimes taking 21 credit hours per semester. i think as long as you explain and they are human, they will understand. they asked me in few interviews and it was not a determining factor.

if you are low 2's or worse i think it may be a factor in salary at least

1/14/2006 9:03:06 PM

not important at all - the world is more about who you know

1/14/2006 9:55:53 PM

who you know not what you know... If you're good, sadly they don't give a fuck if you flunked East Africa School of the Blind.

1/15/2006 1:41:43 AM

for me, it wasn't important at all, and i never got asked what it was even though i had a 2.57.

But then again, i had a resume full of experience, so there was no need for grades as a metric to measure my potential as an employee.

1/15/2006 9:44:45 AM

i had a pretty crap gpa due to working full time but i took a job with a company i had already been working with for 3 years so they already knew the quality of my work.

[Edited on January 15, 2006 at 11:32 AM. Reason : .]

1/15/2006 11:31:33 AM

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"if you are low 2's or worse i think it may be a factor in salary at least"

i finished with a 2.3 and i just got hired back in september by ncsu and came out above average salary from what the salary range said. basically, human resources checks all of your past references in the job market and then determine what you deserve. my supervisor told me what she thought i deserved and it was the lowest salary on the scale and the offer i accepted from HR was 6,000 above that.

1/15/2006 2:17:54 PM

I left mine off my resume and not once did it ever come up in the interviews I had. I think if you've got over a 3.5, put it on there....but...that wasn't the case for me.

1/15/2006 7:08:21 PM

Every interview I have done has noticed the GPA and commented on it. Engineering majors are cratiqued heavily on the GPA because some companies only want the top bunch to work for them. Others, like sales jobs, will take a lower GPA.

1/15/2006 8:33:02 PM

reccomended that you put it down if you have over a 3.0

1/15/2006 8:50:38 PM

I've never had my GPA "cratiqued". What's that like? I can see how a good GPA might embiggen a resume.

1/16/2006 8:06:24 AM

If you have little to no experience, your GPA is probably the primary thing a company will look at (besides who you know).

If you have lots of experience, that will trump a bad GPA. We typically have a GPA minimum, but I know we just hired a guy who had a few tenths lower then that minimum because he had tons and tons and tons of relative experience.

When I recruit, your GPA may be one of the things that gets you an interview...but after you land an interview, I really don't look at it anymore...I'd rather focus on your work and classroom experiences.

1/16/2006 8:19:36 AM

was asked at about every interview i went to. my company has a gpa requirement so i'd say it was fairly important to me getting the job.

1/16/2006 9:35:09 AM

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"who you know not what you know"

Essentially, that was my situation. I graduated with honors, but of the 2 job offers I had prior to graduation, neither of them were too interested in my GPA and were more interested in my prior experience and overall demeanor.

1/16/2006 10:15:35 AM

^that's not really who you know though... that's just how you present yourself.


who you know is like "hey, my dad's buddy's company will hire me because i know the boss"

1/16/2006 10:22:55 AM

^sorry, forgot to add in that part.

The job offer that I accepted was with a company where I was friends with the boss' daughter, and she informed me that her dad's company was looking to fill entry-level positions. So in my case, yes, it WAS who I knew, although I'm 100% positive that if I was a complete dumbass I would've been fired by now

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 10:51 AM. Reason : .]

1/16/2006 10:49:27 AM

If you are an engineering major, I suggest a 3.0. A lot of recruiters will just throw your resume out if you do not have a 3.0. However, I had a 2.92 and managed to get a job straight out of college.

1/16/2006 11:07:55 AM

The "Big 4" accounting firms look for a GPA of at least 3.5, but will drop down to 3.0 if you show remarkable leadership skills. Pretty important I guess.

1/16/2006 4:29:05 PM

^^if you are looking at a major company, shoot for a 3.5, especially if you are just submitting a resume online. if you can manage to get an "in" somehow else (campus career fairs for ex.) a lower gpa might be accepted. my company typically throws out anything below a 3.5 (at least for che's). exxon typically hires 3.75+

[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 5:38 PM. Reason : e]

1/16/2006 5:38:11 PM

they didnt ask, i didnt tell. But I did pass a very stout exam to get a professional certification process rolling.

1/16/2006 6:22:54 PM

I had close to a 4 gpa and got a job offer from 3 companies.

Depending on the manager and who else is applying, it can give you a big advantage. I scored below another guy and girl on a unix test and a verbal exam, but got the job anyways.

1/16/2006 7:31:29 PM

Before or not making it to an interview: maybe 10%.
Interview: ~25-50%
Job Offers: 2/3, but the job I took didn't ask.

The job I have now had me learn some stuff prior to the interview and then I was given a technical interview on the material.

1/16/2006 9:30:46 PM

I don't think the government was allowed to ask me because they can't discriminate against people who aren't good at college.

1/16/2006 9:32:51 PM

exxon must of went waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up, my sister graduated from NCSU and her first job(environmental engineer) was with Exxon, her GPA was around 3.2.

for me, there was a 3.0 requirement in order to interview for the job through the career center



[Edited on January 16, 2006 at 10:00 PM. Reason : w]

1/16/2006 9:58:48 PM

to those with no experience it means alot

to those with experience it shows how motivated you are when money isn't involved.

1/16/2006 11:17:17 PM

people like to pretend that the gpa doesn't matter that much after the first job, and for most of the low scorers out there, that's probably a safe assumption; but only because their subsequent work has little chance but to outshine their crappy gpa.

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 12:13 AM. Reason : s]

1/17/2006 12:11:25 AM

^^^i'm speaking for chemical engineers only. i know they target 3.75+... i'm sure if you have outstanding work experience, awards, etc. that they are taken into consideration.

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 9:39 AM. Reason : er]

1/17/2006 9:38:39 AM

it all has to do with where you wanna start at


but remember, those with good grades will tell you it mattered because they took pride, sacrificed, ,and dedicated themselves to the their work. those that had mediocre grades will tell you it didn't because they still want to believe they can make something out of their lives and that a few C's and a few too many nights out drinkin haven't cost them that much.

either way,try to keep it above a 3.0.

1/17/2006 10:07:12 AM

Never a factor.

1/17/2006 10:34:14 AM

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"TAKE THAT DR. TRUSSEL!"

aha

1/17/2006 1:52:52 PM

not at all

1/17/2006 2:03:59 PM

it was fairly important for the jobs i interviewed for (computer engineering).

most wanted a gpa of at least 3.0 to 3.5.

i only have 1 C on my transcript, and i'll be damned if i didn't get asked about it every single time.


some companies didn't mind a lower gpa if you had other credentials that made up for it, such as work experience, having mostly A's or B's your last couple years in school, etc.

1/17/2006 2:37:24 PM

It was important for the jobs I interviewed for (chemical engineer). A 3.0 GPA was required to even sign up for an interview.

As a person who occasionally gets to review resumes for new hires and interns, I look unfavorably on resumes without the GPA listed. It makes me think you are hiding it from me because it's low. If your GPA is 3 or higher, then it should be listed because it is a selling point for you.

[Edited on January 17, 2006 at 2:57 PM. Reason : r]

1/17/2006 2:55:44 PM

it all depends

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"if you are looking at a major company, shoot for a 3.5, especially if you are just submitting a resume online. if you can manage to get an "in" somehow else (campus career fairs for ex.) a lower gpa might be accepted. my company typically throws out anything below a 3.5 (at least for che's). exxon typically hires 3.75+"

i work for a major company and experience outweighed GPA by a long shot - my gpa was horrible but experience was great

1/17/2006 3:54:30 PM

This thread makes me sad

1/17/2006 8:41:42 PM

I didn't have the best of GPA's out there, but I managed to land a good job. I had minimal experience from an internship, but I think I was ask about my GPA once out of 4-5 interviews. The one job that ask about it, I could've cared less if they hired me, 'cause it wasn't want I wanted to do.

1/17/2006 10:13:18 PM

it was pretty important

1/17/2006 11:28:48 PM

How many companies actually check the GPA you list on a resume?

1/18/2006 2:17:53 AM

i don't know how diligent they are about verifying your gpa, but i always had to provide an official transcript which lists your gpa. and i know they looked at it closely enough to pick out that C.

i would think being inconsistent about your gpa would look pretty bad.

1/18/2006 9:27:07 AM

i would say that the majority, if not all companies check up on you.

for every "advanced interview" i had (more then just an initial interview), I had to bring a copy of my transcript.

lieing about your grades is MUCH worse then having bad grades.

[Edited on January 18, 2006 at 9:30 AM. Reason : df]

1/18/2006 9:29:33 AM

I've interviewed with a bunch of companies... about 60% of them asked about my GPA

And those were for the higher paying jobs

1/18/2006 11:35:54 AM