What career fields are very unforgiving towards low college GPAs even years after the fact? (consulting, interviewed)

[MoxinLockin]

I know that the common advice people give is if you graduate college with a low GPA but get some work experience on your resume, employers will start to care less and less about your GPA. For other careers, what you do outside of college and what you achieve will overcome a low college GPA (lets say low as in 2.0-2.5 low).

But what career paths would you say are permanently closed off to people that finish college with low GPAs no matter what they do after they get that degree?

[reneeh63]

I've never had ANYONE ask for my GPA once I got out of graduate school...certainly they never asked for a transcript. It may have more to do with the company rather than the field you enter.

So, NEVER put your GPA on your resume - make them ask you for it...then if you have to, only put the GPA for classes in your major, which I presume would be higher and also more relevant to the position you're putting in for.

[MetroWord]

I work in the engineering field. No one ever asked for my GPA. Not once. I've worked in small, medium size, and big companies.

I think, at least in my field, people have caught on that there is no correlation between GPA and work performance. Study after study have shown that GPA and work performance has no correlation. None at all.

[ged_782]

I've seen job postings that stated a minimum GPA was required - like 3.0, but it seems to be applicable primarily to high-level professionals in science and engineering related fields. These weren't entry-level positions, either. I only recall seeing one posting that stated applicants must submit transcripts.


Still, I would say the GPA requirement is the exception, not the rule.

[bentobox34]

I'd say pretty much none. The only time I could possibly imagine a GPA coming back to bite you is if you go back for a master's degree mid-career, then a low GPA could affect your admission into top-tier schools.

[Vision67]

Most new grads know their GPA to 6 digits.

Six months after they start nobody cares.

The important thing is to deliver results.

[Suburban_Guy]

When I interviewed people as part of a panel in all my previous jobs, no one ever asked the newer graduates what their GPA was, nor did any of the resumes list it.

[joe from dayton]

Almost no one in the hiring arena cares what your GPA is.

[Jowel]

I wonder if academia (i.e. being a university professor) itself is one of the career fields that would be concerned with GPA.

[MoxinLockin]

What about management consulting and jobs on Wall Street? It seems like they care even years after the fact.