Google / SAT scores and college GPA are devaluated tools for evaluation of candidates

Increasingly, recruiters and managers are going beyond the resume and evaluations and turning to Big Data. That means a lot of old practices for evaluating people and stereotypes about who succeeds are falling apart.

Google, known for rigor in evaluating people, has devalued SAT scores and college GPA, which have long been critical tools for gauging potential.

Prasad Setty, Google’s vice president for people analytics, told The New York Times that they’ve found that those numbers alone didn’t lead to success at the company, and “are no longer used as important hiring criteria.” According to their data, the most innovative and happy workers feel like they have autonomy and a strong sense of mission, so Google looks for more than just the best grades and test scores.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor

via Data In The Workplace – Business Insider.