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Employers, job seekers, and puzzle lovers everywhere delight in
William Poundstone 's
HOW WOULD YOU MOVE
MOUNT FUJI?
"Combines how-to with be-smart for an audience of job seekers, interviewers, Wired-style cognitive science hobbyists, and the onlooking curious. . . . How Would You Move Mount
Fuji? gallops down entertaining sidepaths about the history of intelligence testing, the origins of Silicon Valley, and the brain-jockey heroics of Microsoft culture."
— Michael Erard, Austin Chronicle
"A charming Trojan Horse of a book While this slim book is ostensibly a guide to cracking the cult of the puzzle in
Microsoft 's hiring practices, Poundstone manages to sneak in a wealth of material on the crucial issue of how to hire in today 's knowledge-based economy. How Would You Move
Mount Fuji? delivers on the promise of revealing the tricks to
Microsoft 's notorious hiring challenges. But, more important,
Poundstone, an accomplished science journalist, shows how puzzles can — and cannot — identify the potential stars of a competitive company.... Poundstone gives smart advice to candidates on how to 'pass ' the puzzle game.... Of course, let 's not forget the real fun of the book: the puzzles themselves."
— Tom Ehrenfeld, Boston Globe
"A dead-serious book about recruiting practices and abstract reasoning — presented as a puzzle game.... Very, very valuable to some job applicants — the concepts being more important than the answers. It would have usefulness as well to interviewers with a cruel streak, and the addicts of mind/ word games."
— Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun
"Poundstone offers canny advice and tips for successfully confronting and mastering this seemingly perverse type of pre-employment torture."
— Richard Pachter, Miami Herald
"How would you design Bill Gates 's bathroom? Now that 's one question you 've probably never asked anyone in a job interview (or anywhere else). But how an applicant answers it could reveal
William Poundstone 's
HOW WOULD YOU MOVE
MOUNT FUJI?
"Combines how-to with be-smart for an audience of job seekers, interviewers, Wired-style cognitive science hobbyists, and the onlooking curious. . . . How Would You Move Mount
Fuji? gallops down entertaining sidepaths about the history of intelligence testing, the origins of Silicon Valley, and the brain-jockey heroics of Microsoft culture."
— Michael Erard, Austin Chronicle
"A charming Trojan Horse of a book While this slim book is ostensibly a guide to cracking the cult of the puzzle in
Microsoft 's hiring practices, Poundstone manages to sneak in a wealth of material on the crucial issue of how to hire in today 's knowledge-based economy. How Would You Move
Mount Fuji? delivers on the promise of revealing the tricks to
Microsoft 's notorious hiring challenges. But, more important,
Poundstone, an accomplished science journalist, shows how puzzles can — and cannot — identify the potential stars of a competitive company.... Poundstone gives smart advice to candidates on how to 'pass ' the puzzle game.... Of course, let 's not forget the real fun of the book: the puzzles themselves."
— Tom Ehrenfeld, Boston Globe
"A dead-serious book about recruiting practices and abstract reasoning — presented as a puzzle game.... Very, very valuable to some job applicants — the concepts being more important than the answers. It would have usefulness as well to interviewers with a cruel streak, and the addicts of mind/ word games."
— Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun
"Poundstone offers canny advice and tips for successfully confronting and mastering this seemingly perverse type of pre-employment torture."
— Richard Pachter, Miami Herald
"How would you design Bill Gates 's bathroom? Now that 's one question you 've probably never asked anyone in a job interview (or anywhere else). But how an applicant answers it could reveal
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