<p>We just went through a painful process at the office of hiring a kid out of college. We started with a huge stack of resumes and nice cover letters, and ended up with two finalists, one from Williams and the other from Claremont McKenna, both with better than 3.5 GPAs. Neither had the spark so the decision was stalling when a late resume arrived from Berkeley. Yesterday, we hired the kid from Berkeley, which is a sub-par degree in our office (the decision-makers come from Pomona, Georgetown, Kenyon, Williams, Claremont, Washington Lee). Looks to me, based on what I just saw, that it's the kid and not the degree ...</p>