@salutora In the US, companies recruit new graduates based on their major. For example, a software company will not recruit a student who has a background in chemistry. Another example is that most American politicians’s major is law.
@salutora American companies are more interested in people’s ability rather than the fame of their undergraduate universities. So they pay attention to employee’s internship and past working experience. Also, the hiring process includes a number of tests and challenges. These tests are sometimes harder than the final exams in colleges.
@kate0115 Japanese companies tend to look at university names. However, compared to 20 years ago, the rate of evaluating individual abilities has increased.