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New comment by kailpa1 in "HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88"

kailpa1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:11:25 +0000

Yep, I don't know either, but I guess they have their reasons for this.

New comment by kailpa1 in "HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88"

kailpa1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 11:06:44 +0000

Sure, but isn't this kind of person the exception? I feel like most of the time good grades mean good programming skills

New comment by kailpa1 in "HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88"

kailpa1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:32:57 +0000

I'm a self-taught programmer as well, who dropped out of university, and these factors being omitted would benefit me as well, but I feel like good grades and a good university are still indicators of someone being or is capable of becoming a good programmer.

This system would drop a Harvard top graduate for someone having a year of experience in some outsourcing firm.

New comment by kailpa1 in "HackerRank open sourced its ATS. My resume scored 90/100. Oh wait 74. No – 88"

kailpa1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:02:29 +0000

From `resume_evaluation_system_message.jinja`

> *SCORES MUST NEVER DEPEND ON THE FOLLOWING FACTORS:*

> - College, university, or educational institution name

> - CGPA, GPA, or academic grades

I don't understand why they would omit these factors from the evaluation.