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- Strengths And Weaknesses
- What are your strengths and weaknesses? This is a very general question that you should expect. It deserves a well-prepared answer. You need to demonstrate not only a high level of self-insight but also corroborating evidence from other people. This is an example of a double question, often used by...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Open & Closed Questions
- Some interviewers are better than others. Good ones use open questions to open you up and get you talking. Poorer ones fall into the trap of asking closed questions. Look out for open questions - you want them because they give you the chance to make your points. Recognizing an...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Job Interview Skills
- Delivering great answers to the interviewer's questions is the main skill in impressing people and getting the job; but let us not underestimates the importance of the body language you use to get your nose in front. Interviews are like speed dating. You quickly eye each other up and decide...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Tough Interview Answers
- Senior businesspeople see business as a series of decisions about risk taking, or the balance between risk and return. This question is one way of checking your knowledge of and attitude to risk. Demonstrate here how you evaluate and sometimes reject risky projects even though you may be under pressure...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- HR Interview Questions & Answers
- The HR people will probably interview you at some point. Even if they don't, you can bet that they are talking to the other interviewers behind the scenes. Understanding what they are looking for gives you competitive edge. Human resources managers have 'Degrees in people' and they are looking for...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Group Interviews
- You are in a panel interview. There are special techniques for handling a group of people in a more formal environment. The difficulty in panels is maintaining the interest of all the members at all times. As an example of panel interviews, we will take a type that many organizations...
- White papers 2009-01-02
- Role Play Interview
- The use of assessment centers to evaluate potential employees is widespread. Do not think you cannot prepare for them. As with any interview, have in mind the precise impression you want to leave behind. The clearer you have this impression in your mind, the better will be the filter through...
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Second Interview Questions
- Two items that often come up in second interviews or assessment centers are in-tray exercises and presentations. Don't let the time pressure rush you into rash decisions on the in-tray. Make sure you know your exact aim for your presentation. They can simulate your in-tray very dramatically nowadays, with twenty...
- White papers 2009-01-01
Additional Resources
- Carver Mead's natural inspiration: the Silicon Valley legend has launched nearly two dozen startups and blazed a trail toward the future of electronics. The source of his ideas: the world around us
- Conventional wisdom descries a black hole between the infinite uncertainty of modern theoretical physics and the can-do spirit of entrepreneurship and engineering. One more reason to ignore conventional wisdom, says Carver Mead, who became a technology legend by working both sides of what often seems an uncrossable divide. A Caltech...
- Research articles 2004-09-01
- Up the Infinite Corridor: MIT and the Technical Imagination. - book reviews
- Lyrically celebrating the arcane joys of MIT, Fred Hapgood manages to convey better than I've ever seen how the brightest people get swept into a life of engineering and science. You can see the genesis of the phenomenon reported in John Brockman's article about the "third culture" of scientist/writers...
- Research articles 1993-06-22
- Who to Hire
- I've never claimed to be a good boss; nor, have I ever said that I'm good at hiring. Doing so is one of the hardest things that I've had to, and I struggle to find a set of consistent rules that work. We've hired people who worked well here, and...
- News items 2009-11-23
- How to Innovate Like Apple
- Apple's formula for success can be distilled into principles of sound management that could in the right culture flourish elsewhere too. Clear Your Mind GOAL: Understand what it takes to create truly remarkable products. The word “zen”...
- Articles 2009-08-10
- The Tech Solution To The Recession
- Just as 2008 was defined by Barack Obama's electoral victory, 2009 will be defined by another competition the incoming administration sparked: the race to grab the hundreds of billions of dollars the president-elect has pledged to spend revamping America's infrastructure. Unlike the beleaguered automakers and banks, high-tech companies aren't begging...
- News items 2009-08-07
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