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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Google tries new angle on hiring
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (privacy@vortex.com)
Tue Feb 8 15:01:43 2011
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Google tries new angle on hiring
http://bit.ly/hILhK5 (Google Buzz)
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http://bit.ly/gWzA76 (Financial Times)
The new approach includes a new "rule of five" that limits the
number of interviews a candidate can attend to no more than that
number, said Laszlo Bock, head of human resources. In the past,
would-be Googlers were often subjected to 12-14 interviews, he
added.
The company is also trying to cut out the kind of intellectual mind
games its interviewers have often used to test the brain power of
potential hires.
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Darn, and I was just about to suggest a new hiring question too!
Q: What's the *fastest* way for a competitor to try create search
quality that approaches that of Google? Choose only one.
a) Build world-class systems
b) Hire great people
c) Treat employees well
d) Spy on what Google users are doing
Oh, wait, sorry, that wasn't a question for potential Google hires,
it was for a different firm that shall remain nameless here.
--Lauren--
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