<p>Reading back over these replies, I actually have a criticism somebody might address. Responses to the effect that how you do in an interview matters more than prestige and that, after your first job, work history matters more than the school you went to… aren’t these missing the point? The question is who you’d hire under the unrealistic assumption that the school were the only difference. If you guys would just flip a coin, fine; say so. I would not.</p>