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Author Poundstone, William.

Title Are you smart enough to work at Google? : trick questions, zen-like riddles, insanely difficult puzzles, and other devious interviewing techniques you need to know to get a job anywhere in the new economy / William Poundstone.

Publication Info. New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  650.144 P86    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  650.144 POU    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  650.14 POUNDSTONE    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  650.14 POUNDSTONE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Faxon Branch - Non Fiction  650.14 POUNDSTONE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  650.14 POUNDSTONE    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  650.144 POU    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  650.144 PO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 290 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [271]-275) and index.
Contents Outnumbered at the Googleplex : what it takes to get hired at a hyperselective company -- The cult of creativity : A history of human resources, or why interviewers go rogue -- Punked and outweirded : how the Great Recession mainstreamed bizarre interview questions -- Google's hiring machine : how they pick the one to hire out of the 130 who apply -- Engineers and how not to think like them : the value of keeping things simple -- A field guide to devious interview questions : decoding the interviewer's hidden agendas -- Whiteboarding : the art of the visual solution -- Dr. Fermi and the extraterrestrials : how to estimate just about anything in sixty seconds or less -- The unbreakable egg : questions that ask "how would you--?" -- Weighing your head : what to do when you draw a blank.
Summary Presents answers and solutions to some of the weirdest and most challenging interview questions and discusses the importance of creative thinking and how to beat your competition in today's job market.
Subject Employment interviewing.
Employee selection.
ISBN 9780316099974
031609997X
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