I've heard of instances - specifically in legal recruiting - where there's also a top limit filter. That is, some firms (top level of the second tier) won't interview graduates with a GPA over 6.0 (I'm in Australia - GPA ranks to 7.0).
I spoke with a legal recruiter about this once. The logic is that the very high GPA students are almost certainly too interested in academia, likely to go back to academia (and so leave the firm), and those that don't want academia probably worked hard for that GPA because they only want to work for a soul-crushing top tier firm.
When I pointed out exceptions to this (including my beautiful, smart and focused lawyer wife), the recruiter just shrugged. It's much easier to miss the occasional exception, than waste time on the majority where the rule applies.
I spoke with a legal recruiter about this once. The logic is that the very high GPA students are almost certainly too interested in academia, likely to go back to academia (and so leave the firm), and those that don't want academia probably worked hard for that GPA because they only want to work for a soul-crushing top tier firm.
When I pointed out exceptions to this (including my beautiful, smart and focused lawyer wife), the recruiter just shrugged. It's much easier to miss the occasional exception, than waste time on the majority where the rule applies.