How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?: Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You WantLittle, Brown, 08.06.2021 - 320 Seiten Learn how to succeed at interview mind games and win job offers at A‑list companies, with more than eighty difficult and devious questions, puzzles, and brain teasers Each year about 28 million Americans begin a search for a new job. Many more live in the age of the permanent job search, their online profiles eternally awaiting a better offer. Job seekers are more mobile and better informed than ever, aspiring to work for employers offering an appealing culture, a robust menu of perks, and opportunities for personal fulfillment and advancement. The result is that millions of applications stream to the handful of companies that regularly top listings of the best companies to work for: Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Alphabet, Disney, SpaceX, Oracle, Pricewaterhouse-Coopers, and others. Tesla has received as many as 200 applications for each open position. How do selective employers choose which people to hire? It’s through interviews asking uniquely demanding questions testing imagination, persistence, and creativity, like:
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Bletchley Park | |
Creative ProblemSolving | |
Try a Simpler Version of the Problem | |
Explore Plan | |
Your First Reaction Is Wrong | |
Use an Analogy | |
Draw a Picture | |
Ask Good Questions | |
Work Backward | |
Guesstimate and Refine | |
Dont Follow the Wrong Footsteps | |
List Count Divide | |
Introduce a New Feature | |
Acknowledgments | |
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