How Would You Move Mount Fuji. Microsoft's Cult Of The Puzzle

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Little, Brown US
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: Reprint

Description: 276 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear and age marks on the inside page present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: From Wall Street to Silicon Valley, employers are using tough and tricky questions to gauge job candidates intelligence, imagination, and problem-solving ability -- qualities needed to survive in todays hypercompetitive global marketplace. For the first time, William Poundstone reveals the toughest questions used at Microsoft and other Fortune 500 companies -- and supplies the answers. He traces the rise and controversial fall of employer-mandated IQ tests, the peculiar obsessions of Bill Gates (who plays jigsaw puzzles as a competitive sport), the sadistic mind games of Wall Street (which reportedly led one job seeker to smash a forty-third-story window), and the bizarre excesses of todays hiring managers (who may start off your interview with a box of Legos or a game of virtual Russian roulette). How Would You Move Mount Fuji is an indispensable book for anyone in business. Managers seeking the most talented employees will learn to incorporate puzzle interviews in their search for the top candidates. Job seekers will discover how to tackle even the most brain-busting questions, and gain the advantage that could win the job of a lifetime. And anyone who has ever dreamed of going up against the best minds in business may discover that these puzzles are simply a lot of fun. Why are beer cans tapered on the end, anyway

ISBN: 9780316778497