had smart people he could just tell them, "go figure out marketing."
They ended up hiring on professionals and had to woo them with stock
options because they had created an "arrogant nerd culture"
reputation.
Investment banks and "white shoe" law and consulting firms still do
it, although they're looking for top MBA and top university
candidates.
Intership interviews at, for example, Morgan Stanley, can last months
and culminate in 8 hr multi-stage events full of puzzles.
The consulting firms lean more toward cocktail and dinner events
followed up by 4 hour "case" interviews.
An easy example puzzle is: 2 men are the same age, brothers, and have
the same parents, but they're not twins. How can this be?
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 16:39:40 -0400
Subject: Re: Want to Work For Google?
To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I read something similar. They prize intellectual achievement and the
founders (former Stanford PhD candidates) apparently don't value real
world experience and managerial seasoning. Maybe they will grow up
some day. Either that or they will implode under the weight of their
own mismanagement like so many other one-time high-flyers.
>I read an article a while back that they have so many applicants that
>they screen for the really crazy smart. They do a lot of recruiting of
>Ph.D.'s from MIT apparently, so it's not just west coasters.
>
>-Kevin
>
>
>On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 13:50:48 -0400, Michael Dinowitz
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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