UCAS points don't matter anymore

Hi lovelies,

I wanted to announce that for the most part graduate jobs no longer require UCAS requirements as part of the candidate screening process.

Popular banks, advisory, law, and tech firms no longer require them. Instead, they rely on psychometric tests to gauge your ability.

That means you are now selected based on your IQ.

Uni matters though, not necessarily where you studied but what you studied and achieved. This will likely change in the next few years too. I have no doubt that companies will rely solely on their own tests to examine whether a candidate is suitable.

I've seen cases where Eton-schooled and Cambridge-educated candidates don't pass the psychometric tests.

If you're an A-level student scared of future prospects based on results achieved at school, don't worry. If you have a high IQ you'll be gucci. If you don't, it's likely that no matter how well you do in your education, you won't be accepted.

A couple of things:

1. What has led you to make this "announcement"? Have you recently been applying for lots of graduate jobs and notes that none ask for information about UCAS points? Or do you work form an employment consultancy, and therefore know that this information isn't typically requested any more for that reason?

2. Psychometric tests are not IQ tests.

A couple of things:

1. What has led you to make this "announcement"? Have you recently been applying for lots of graduate jobs and notes that none ask for information about UCAS points? Or do you work form an employment consultancy, and therefore know that this information isn't typically requested any more for that reason?

2. Psychometric tests are not IQ tests.

I could go on, there are so many (lloyds, microsoft, Accenture etc...) . Interestingly, many of them have removed or reduced the emphasis on UCAS points in a fairly stealthy manner. All firms mentioned above are notoriously hard to get into and literally place little to no emphasis on UCAS points. This wasn't the case a year or two ago.

Mark my words, over the course of the next 5 years you'll find that many more will get rid of this requirement.

Did they ever have UCAS point requirements?! The whole concept of UCAS points feels very 00s to me – I know there's still a tariff but I can't remember the last time I heard anyone actually refer to it.

Did they ever have UCAS point requirements?! The whole concept of UCAS points feels very 00s to me – I know there's still a tariff but I can't remember the last time I heard anyone actually refer to it.

It's not uncommon to do name-blind or uni-blind recruitment though, especially in the public sector. When I'm advising people on applying to Cambridge I try to make sure that they're actually interested in the Cambridge setup and experience and not just the name at the end. I'm not sure my Cambridge degree gave me much, if any, advantage in the jobs market.