How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's Cult of the Puzzle -- How the World's Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers

Poundstone, William

ISBN 10: 0316778494 / ISBN 13: 9780316778497

Published by Little, Brown and Company, 2004

Seller Inventory # 0316778494-3-23419583

Synopsis:

Microsoft's interview process is a notoriously gruelling sequence of brain-busting questions that separate the most creative thinkers from the merely brilliant. So effective is their technique that other leading corporations - from the high-tech industry to consulting and financial services - are modelling their own hiring practices on Bill Gates' unique approach. HOW WOULD YOU MOVE MOUNT FUJI? reveals for the first time more than 35 of Microsoft's puzzles and riddles, such as: * Why does a mirror reverse right and left but not up and down? * If you could eliminate one U.S. state, which would it be? * How many piano tuners are there in the world? And for the first time, this book supplies answers and approaches using creative analytical thinking that works. Anyone in business, and everyone who wants to be, will find this book a valuable new approach to hiring, identifying talent in an organization, and getting the job of a lifetime.

About the Author: William Poundstone is the bestselling author of eight books, including Prisoner's Dilemma and Big Secrets. He has written for The Economist, Esquire, The New York Times Book Review and other publications. His science writing has been nominated twice for the Pulitzer Prize.

Bibliographic Details

Title: How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft's ...
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good