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...HBS faculty and administrators—as well as recruiters hoping to employ HBS students—generally supported the change in interviews over the past three weeks. And that support ultimately...
Most firms in the investment banking and consulting industries that have historically employed HBS students were reluctant to discuss the proposed change, perhaps for fear of ruffling feathers among the school’s administration. But those who did speak said that, while communication skills, a capacity to work in a team, leadership ability, and a range of other factors figure prominently in their hiring decisions, they would welcome the opportunity to see students’ grades as well...
Many students and faculty agree that the grading system at HBS might not provide students with the right incentives to make academics a top priority...
...People think that they won’t be in the top fraction of the class and that they won’t fail out,” said Akram Zaman, co-president of the HBS Student Association’s Executive Committee, “so many of them take on the attitude that they don’t need to work as hard...
...interview before yesterday’s announcement, Ruback said that there was “nothing special on the timing” of the policy review, placing it among a broad series of reforms that HBS has undertaken in the past few years...