u/Grouchy-Pea-8745 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
The idea of intern pipelines dominating junior hiring makes sense, but I don't get why specifying top schools makes sense in this post. You also suggested that top companies don't post internship positions or post them but don't hire from them, but that's just flat out not true.
u/michaelnovati replied ·
It's the only clear path but it's not the only way.
These schools have dedicated recruiters from the top company and some have quotas/targets for each school, so you have a huge leg up to getting your foot in the door.
They choose these schools simply based on the past hiring rates and they drop schools (even top 20 schools) that have low hiring rates.