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> There's also the vaguely insulting patterns like only putting MIT/CMU/Stanford/Harvard/etc. on your college list, punctuated by "Other".

To select where candidate went to school, and they only listed options of big-name schools and then "Other"?

Maybe they were trying to make a joke, and it was inappropriate. Or maybe they were being surprisingly transparent about the brand-seeking prejudice that some employers have.




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