Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?: Fiendish Interview Questions and Puzzles from the World’s Top Companies - Softcover

Poundstone, William

3.52

3,412 ratings by Goodreads

9781851689170: Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?: Fiendish Interview Questions and Puzzles from the World’s Top Companies

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1851689176 ISBN 13: 9781851689170

Publisher: Oneworld Publications, 2012

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

You are shrunk to the height of a ten-pence piece and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do? If you want to work at Google, or any of the world s top employers, you ll need to have a convincing answer to this and countless other tricky puzzles. Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? reveals the new extreme interview questions in the post-crash, hypercompetitive job-market and uncovers the extraordinary lengths the best companies will go to find the right staff. William Poundstone guides readers through the surprising solutions to over a hundred of the most challenging conundrums actually used in interviews, as well as covering the importance of creative thinking, what your Facebook page says about you, and much, much more.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

"Serious ammunition to pack for your next job interview." --Kirkus Reviews

"Poundstone offers strategies for making the best of nerve-racking situations, decoding interviewer's hidden agendas, and salvaging a doomed interview, in a solid treatment peppered with mind-bending puzzles. Poundstone's energetic, compelling writing...makes the book fun even for nonjob seekers." --Publishers Weekly

"Enjoyable." --The Bookseller - Editor's Pick

"As usual, Poundstone delivers. Delightful, fun, and worth a read." --Seth Godin, Bestselling author of Linchpin

"An enjoyably brainstretching account of the world's toughest, most mischievous job-interview questions. Engaging, fun, constantly challenging - and best of all, Poundstone explains the answers." --David Rowan, Editor of Wired

Excellent --Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)

‘a useful tool for job hunters, or even just those who feel brave enough to pit their wits against some of the more difficult challenges it presents from the safety of their armchairs’ Irish Times review

‘A very engaging read’ Irish Independent review

Review:

"As usual, Poundstone delivers. Delightful, fun, and worth a read."

(Seth Godin)

An enjoyably brainstretching account of the world's toughest, most mischievous job-interview questions. Engaging, fun, constantly challenging - and best of all, Poundstone explains the answers.

(David Rowan - editor of Wired)

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.