作品简介

　　学习如何在面试的心理游戏中获得成功，通过80多个困难和迂回的问题、谜题和脑筋急转弯，赢得一流公司的工作机会。

　　在今天这个时代，似乎有更多的人处在长期找工作的状态，他们的网上求职状态永远是等待更好的工作机会。求职者的流动性和见多识广程度比以往任何时候都要高，他们渴望为那些可以提供有吸引力的文化、福利、个人实现和发展机会的雇主工作。其结果是，数以百万计的求职申请源源不断地流向少数几家经常名列最佳雇主排行榜前列的公司：苹果、奈飞、亚马逊、谷歌、迪士尼、SpaceX、甲骨文、普华永道等。特斯拉的每个职位都收到了至少200份申请。挑剔的雇主如何选择雇用哪些人呢？他们会通过面试，问一些特别难答的问题来测试求职者的想象力、毅力和创造力，比如:

　　为什么动物没有轮子?

　　什么东西在月球上比在地球上更重?

　　你需要用桶舀多少次，才能使海平面下降一米?

　　如果你钻了一个贯穿地球的洞，然后跳进洞里，接下来会发生什么?

　　你愿意和一只像马一样大的鸭子搏斗，还是和100匹像鸭子那么大的马搏斗?

　　这本书探索了一流雇主面试的新世界。它揭示了80多个具有挑战性的面试问题，并提供了20个创造性解决问题的通用策略，这些策略不仅可以帮你战胜面试难题、赢得工作机会，还可以帮你提升日常生活中的问题解决能力。

　　威廉·庞德斯通（William Poundstone），立于思想巅峰的畅销书王者。美国畅销书作家，两次获得普利策奖提名。迄今为止已出版《无价》《剪刀石头布》《知识大迁移》《概率思维预测未来》《谁是谷歌想要的人才》等多部作品，受到广大读者的喜爱。

　　鹰一般的知识传播者，通过多种媒介传播跨界知识。《哈佛商业评论》《纽约时报》《哈珀斯》《时尚先生》等知名报刊的长期撰稿人；《今日秀》《大卫深夜秀》《CBS早间新闻》等知名电视/电台节目的常客；美国广播公司两档黄金节目的撰稿人兼联合制片人。

　　充满好奇心的理工科写作者。曾以骄人成绩获得美国优秀学生奖学金，并在麻省理工学院攻读物理学。物理学专业和理工科背景深刻影响了庞德斯通的写作，他对探究隐藏在事物背后的奥秘表现出了前所/未有的热情，在每一本著作中都对事物本质进行了几近苛刻的探求。

Introduction of works

Learn how to succeed at the mind game of interviewing and win a job offer at a top-tier company with more than 80 difficult and devious questions, puzzles and brain teasers.

In today's age, it seems that there are more people in the long-term job hunting state, their online job hunting state is always waiting for a better job opportunity. Job seekers are more mobile and informed than ever before, and they are eager to work for employers who can offer attractive opportunities for culture, benefits, personal fulfillment and development. The result is a steady stream of millions of job applications to a handful of companies that regularly top the best Employers rankings: Apple, Netflix, Amazon, Google, Disney, SpaceX, Oracle, Pricewaterhousecoopers, and others. Tesla received at least 200 applications for every job opening. How does a discerning employer choose whom to hire? They test a candidate's imagination, perseverance and creativity by asking particularly difficult questions, such as:

Why don't animals have wheels?

What is heavier on the moon than on the Earth?

How many times do you need to scoop in a bucket to bring the sea level down by one meter?

If you drilled a hole through the Earth and jumped into it, what would happen next?

Would you rather fight a duck as big as a horse or 100 horses as big as ducks?

This book explores the new world of interviewing with top employers. It reveals more than 80 challenging interview questions and offers 20 generic strategies for creative problem solving that can help you not only beat interview challenges and win a job, but also improve your problem-solving skills in everyday life.

William Poundstone, the king of bestsellers at the pinnacle of thought. Best selling American author, twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. So far, he has published "Priceless", "Rock, Paper, Scissors", "Knowledge transfer", "Probabilistic thinking predicts the future", "Who is the talent Google wants" and many other works, which are loved by the majority of readers.

Eagle of knowledge disseminators, transboundary knowledge through a variety of media. Longtime writer of Harvard Business Review, The New York Times, Harpers, Esquire and other well-known newspapers; Frequent guest on the Today Show, Late Night With David Letterman, CBS Morning News and other well-known TV/radio shows; Writer and co-producer of two prime ABC shows.

Curious science and engineering writer. He was awarded an Outstanding Student scholarship and studied physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A physics major and a science and engineering background deeply influenced Poundstone's writing, and he showed an unprecedented enthusiasm for exploring the mysteries behind things, and in every book, he conducted an almost rigorous search for the essence of things.