riverripper wrote:
I would say top 2% across the board would look a little over inflated. Personally going through those checklists I think if you are top 2% in everything compared to your co-workers it wont make you look amazing but it will make your office to be a weak place to be.
I know I was top 2% in some areas, from what I remember mine were in the communication type areas that engineers are often considered weak in. While something like quant areas there are definitely people I worked with who were much stronger in that since they were super nerdy but lacked the interpersonal skills. I think that type of thought helps more since it shows that you are stronger in areas where people of your background are typically considered weak. While being top 20% in an area where people of your background are often viewed as very strong is not going to hurt you.
That's an interesting perspective and a good point.
I figured that most reccomenders will pick top 2% for maybe your top 3 traits and give examples and then mark the next box - top 5% or 10% - for the rest of them where no examples are required. Not sure if that makes the rest of the company look weak or if that's a pretty standard way to fill out the boxes, since recommendations are generally very positive anyway.
Does anybody else know what their recommenders are doing?