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Employers, job seekers, and puzzle lovers everywhere delight in

William Poundstone's

HOW WOULD YOU MOVE MOUNT FUJI?

"Combines how-to with be-smart for an audience of job seekers, interviewers, Wired-style cognitive science hobbyists, and the onlooking curious. . . . How Would You Move Mount Fuji? gallops down entertaining sidepaths about the history of intelligence testing, the origins of Silicon Valley, and the brain-jockey heroics of Microsoft culture."

-- Michael Erard, Austin Chronicle

"A charming Trojan Horse of a book While this slim book is ostensibly a guide to cracking the cult of the puzzle in Microsoft's hiring practices, Poundstone manages to sneak in a wealth of material on the crucial issue of how to hire in today's knowledge-based economy. How Would You Move Mount Fuji? delivers on the promise of revealing the tricks to Microsoft's notorious hiring challenges. But, more important, Poundstone, an accomplished science journalist, shows how puzzles can -- and cannot -- identify the potential stars of a competitive company.... Poundstone gives smart advice to candidates on how to 'pass' the puzzle game.... Of course, let's not forget the real fun of the book: the puzzles themselves."

-- Tom Ehrenfeld, Boston Globe

"A dead-serious book about recruiting practices and abstract reasoning -- presented as a puzzle game.... Very, very valuable to some job applicants -- the concepts being more important than the answers. It would have usefulness as well to interviewers with a cruel streak, and the addicts of mind/ word games."

-- Michael Pakenham, Baltimore Sun

"Poundstone offers canny advice and tips for successfully confronting and mastering this seemingly perverse type of pre-employment torture."

-- Richard Pachter, Miami Herald

"How would you design Bill Gates's bathroom? Now that's one question you've probably never asked anyone in a job interview (or anywhere else). But how an applicant answers it could reveal more about future performance than the usual inquiries about previous positions, accomplishments, goals, and the like. At least that's the thinking at Microsoft, where hundreds of job seekers have been asked the bathroom question as part of the legendary 'interview loop' -- a rigorous ritual in which candidates are grilled by their future colleagues with a barrage of puzzles, riddles, and bizarre hypothetical questions. The process has been one of Microsoft's closely guarded secrets. But science writer William Pound-stone sheds light on it in How Would You Move Mount Fuji?"

-- TahlRaz,Inc.

"A fun, revealing take on an unusual subject.... At once a study of corporate hiring, an assessment of IQ testing's value, a history of interviewing, and a puzzle book."

-- Publishers Weekly

"This book is not just for those in the job market. Anyone who wants to try some mental aerobics will find it useful and enjoyable.... Poundstone is a veteran science author who specializes in simplifying complex material. His engaging, easygoing writing style steers readers through difficult material.... A fun read."

-- Bruce Rosenstein, USA Today

"Science writer Poundstone's eight previous books are based on a single premise: we can choose to use logic, and society can benefit as a result....How Would You Move Mount Fuji? would appeal not just to employers and human resources professionals but to anyone who loves a good riddle."

-- Stephen Turner, Library Journal

Also by William Poundstone

BIG SECRETS THE RECURSIVE UNIVERSE BIGGER SECRETS LABYRINTHS OF REASON THE ULTIMATE PRISONER'S DILEMMA BIGGEST SECRETS CARL SAGAN: A LIFE IN THE COSMOS

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