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

by William Poundstone (Author)
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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown & Company; 1st Pbk. Ed edition (26 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0316778494
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316778497
  • Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.8 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 134,141 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #23 in  Books > Business, Finance & Law > Management > Human Resources > Interviewing & Recruitment
    #29 in  Books > Business, Finance & Law > Careers > Interviews
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'...how puzzles can - and cannot - identify the potential stars of a competitive company' - BOSTON GLOBE 'A fun read, useful and enjoyable, not just for those in the job market. Poundstone's engaging, easy-going writing style steers readers through' - USA TODAY 'It's all about thinking out of the box' - WIRED


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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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing, but incomplete., 21 Oct 2005
By Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract.com" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews
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We recommend this book to people trying to get hired at Microsoft or companies influenced by its hiring practices; people who want to think critically about how hiring practices work; and people who want to see how smart they are. The last group includes those who enjoy puzzles, and will relish the fun, challenging questions presented here. The book's core is a collection of entertaining brainteasers from job interviews. Given the high level of competition, most people who are trying to get hired at Microsoft probably need the edge it provides. Readers can work methodically through the questions, and the reasons behind them, to build a general approach for dealing with most puzzles. Readers who want to reflect on hiring practices - such as human resources personnel or scholars of corporate culture - will find the book intriguing but incomplete. Author William Poundstone is incredibly useful when discussing the gaps between what these questions do and what they are intended to do, but he delivers only quick sketches of explanations about how corporate culture retains these approaches despite their relative lack of function. His suggestions for alternative approaches are equally brief. Even after reading this entertaining book, readers are likely to find that perfecting their companies' interviewing processes will continue to be something of a puzzle.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Keeps your mind busy., 28 Dec 2006
Another demonstration of Microsoft geekiness.
You don't need to be preparing for an interview in order to buy this book.
It is full of brain teasers & smart answers for tricky questions which will make your brain busy for hours..
You will also have a lot to talk with your friends if they all read the book, will try to find geeker answers to the questions if you are one of a kind.
I read it, I loved it; if there will be a second book with more questions in it, i would not hesitate but would go and buy it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fiendish, 12 Jul 2007
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I loved this book. The puzzles are great and there's a good spread of difficulties. About half the book is given over the story of the rise of the tech giants and how they recruit good staff, particularly developers. It's all highly entertaining, the only bit I didn't care for was Poundstone's own theories on the best way to interview staff. I'm not in HR so this I could do without, but other than that this book is great fun, especially if you're a programmer.
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