Wow, the idea that you shouldn&#x27;t ask about educational background is pretty fascinating.<p>If it were placed at the same level as, say, sexual orientation in interview questions (e.g. <i>verboten</i>)... it would be a very effective way to skip straight to your capabilities and make a self-taught homeschooler be on the same playing field as an Ivy Leaguer.<p>The only &quot;problem&quot; would be one of getting off the ground. Currently there&#x27;s a reasonable ecosystem around interning and recruiting on campuses and so on, which would muddy that &quot;I don&#x27;t know where you came from&quot; line. Further, when you&#x27;re straight-out-of-college there&#x27;s a fair expectation that you&#x27;re nigh useless at virtually every complex job and will need to be trained, so there&#x27;s a fall-back that education is essentially <i>vetting-by-proxy</i> and gets you &quot;street cred&quot;.<p>e.g. &quot;Hey, look, I managed these activities and was a member of these honor societies and still managed to get a 4.0 GPA, you should hire me because I&#x27;ve proven that whatever I&#x27;m in, I kick ass at.&quot;<p>If I&#x27;m not allowed to talk about school, what the hell do I tell you I&#x27;ve been doing?<p>Still... pretty cool thought experiment.