[ChuckNorris89]

>(especially US people for some reason) seem overly obsessed with the university someone attended

That happens literally everywhere, especially at big companies that make easy money. The elites don't like sharing the pie with the great unwashed.

[disgruntledphd2]

I dunno man, I was really surprised by the behaviours I saw; maybe I have been particularly fortunate in my career but it definitely seemed to me like it was worse in the US.

Perhaps it's bad in other places too. I personally think it's idiotic, as the point of interviewing is to find great candidates, and I have never felt like the University they attended was a particularly good predictor of that.