{"product_id":"how-do-you-fight-a-william-poundstone-9780316494540","title":"How Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?: Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want","description":"\u003cb\u003eLearn 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach 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? It's through interviews asking uniquely demanding questions testing imagination, persistence, and creativity, like: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Can an astronaut throw a baseball so it hits Earth?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e If you had $2,000, how would you double it in 24 hours?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How is a milk carton like a plane seat?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chicken McNuggets come in boxes of 6, 9, and 20. What's the largest number of McNuggets that McDonald's can't sell you?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How many dogs in the world have the exact same number of hairs?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow Do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck?\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Poundstone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316494542\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316494540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little, Brown Spark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/08\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.30w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2021","brand":"William Poundstone","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051985924351,"sku":"9780316494540","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d10b1154-495d-427e-a1f1-42306f6d4f34.jpg?v=1685016325","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-do-you-fight-a-william-poundstone-9780316494540","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}