Description: How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? by William Poundstone Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description "With more than 80 brainteasers that A-list companies use to identify creative thinkers"--Jacket. Publisher Description 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? Its through interviews asking uniquely demanding questions testing imagination, persistence, and creativity, like: Can an astronaut throw a baseball so it hits Earth? If you had $2,000, how would you double it in 24 hours? How is a milk carton like a plane seat? Chicken McNuggets come in boxes of 6, 9, and 20. Whats the largest number of McNuggets that McDonalds cant sell you? How many dogs in the world have the exact same number of hairs?How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? explores the new world of interviewing at A-list employers. It reveals more than eighty notoriously challenging interview questions and supplies both answers and a general strategy for creative problem-solving. Author Biography William Poundstone is the author of seventeen books, including Rock Breaks Scissors, Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?, How Would You Move Mount Fuji?, and Fortunes Formula. He has written for the Believer, the Economist, Esquire, Harpers, Harvard Business Review, and the New York Times op-ed page and Book Review. Follow Poundstone on Twitter (@WPoundstone) and learn more at his website, home.williampoundstone.net Details ISBN 0316494542 ISBN-13 9780316494540 Title How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? Author William Poundstone Format Hardcover Year 2021 Pages 320 Publisher Little, Brown Spark GE_Item_ID:140327532; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780316494540
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Book Title: How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? : Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
Item Height: 1.3 in
Topic: Logic & Brain Teasers, Decision-Making & Problem Solving, Careers / Job Hunting
Publication Year: 2021
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Games & Activities, Business & Economics
Item Weight: 15.2 Oz
Author: William Poundstone
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Hardcover