Do IITians get undue advantages?

I have to take an interview in another 5 minutes and came to a logical conclusion of my work. So I thought of gossiping with my colleagues in stead of starting a new task. A few of my friends were talking how the people from IIT and IIM get undue advantage and they get a job just because they are from IIT and there are other people who are equally or better talented, but do not get the chance etc.

It is true that average IIT or IIM guy gets better placement or better salary than the others. Is an average IITian equivalent to an average of the other? I agree with the media report that current JEE exam does not get the best of all. It is flawed. So are the other ways of evaluation. If we consider marks alone, it is also flawed. I have seen people with less marks who are more capable than people with higher marks. But on an average people with higher marks are better.

Anyway we were not discussing the selection procedure of IIT, rather IITians getting undue advantage over others. When some people apply for a job, somebody's resume gets selected because she is from IIT, where as another's resume gets rejected because she is not from IIT. One gets job, promotion and everything else because of IIT. I partly agree with the first statement. One's resume gets shortlisted based on her college. But do not agree with the second one. When google looks to hire somebody it has limited openings and people above a certain intelligence can only make it. It has to limit the number of applicants. And easiest way to do that is to take only from premier institutes. The other common practices are allow only from specific branch or allow people above a specific percentage to apply for a job. Each of them has its advantage and disadvantage. And recruiter does it to reduce the number of applicants and when she knows she may miss the best fit, but can find a fit in a specific time and it reduces her work.

I have not seen people hiring because the other party is from IIT. It makes their resume stronger to be shortlisted. Average IITian works much better than an average non-iitian. In fact Mohan Das Pai from Infy said, they do not pick only because somebody is from IIT/IIM

Promotion is mostly based on performance and it has nothing ot do with where somebody has studied. It is what one has delivered and how her boss perceived it. People from premier institute get better work and thus promotion.

The environment in IIT/IIM gets the transformation of an intelligent student to an extra-ordinary student. Though I love 3 idiots and most of the content, I agree that IIMs and IITS produce better students.