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June 20, 2013 06:10 pm GMT
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Why Google Stopped Asking Job Applicants to Answer Impossible Brainteasers
How many golf balls can fit into an airplane? How many gas stations are in Manhattan?
For years, Google was known for vetting job applicants with brain-busting questions like these, even as some former employees came forward and stated that such questions had been phased out. Now, one of Google's HR execs has gone on record to explain why the company ditched the brainteasers.
"On the hiring side, we found that brainteasers are a complete waste of time," said Laszlo Bock, Google's SVP of people operations, in an interview with the New York Times. "They don't predict anything. They serve primarily to make the interviewer feel smart."
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