[varispeed]

I think prestigious school is all about contacts and networking rather than actual knowledge. Sure they are expected to have great quality teaching. The thing is - if company is looking for people from prestigious universities, chances are the owners also are and they just seek for people they know and are familiar with. This could also be the other way - owners are coming from poor background and this way they want to feel superior over people who had what they always dreamed about but couldn't get. Either way I stay away from such companies. In my experience there was always something toxic about them.