The Kind of Intelligence Google Hires For
The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 26, 2014
This week's "most read" New York Times article is a Thomas Friedman column that expands on a previous NYT interview with Google's hiring manager Laszlo Bock. "Corner Office" columnist for The New York Times, Adam Bryant, discusses his original interview with Bock, and why Google looks for unconventional types of intelligence.
Three Things Google Looks For (as told to the NY Times)
- Learning ability as opposed to IQ
- Some people who never went to college!
- People who can avoid Fundamental Attribution Error (What's that?)
Three Things Google Thinks are Overrated
- Expertise
- GPAs and test scores
- Whether you're good at brain teasers
Post by Brian Lehrer.
