How do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? : (Record no. 59048)
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| fixed length control field | 02695cam a2200301 i 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 200728t20212021nyua b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780861542260 (pbk) |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 080 ## - UNIVERSAL DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Universal Decimal Classification number | 159.92 |
| Item number | POU |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Poundstone, William |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | How do You Fight a Horse-Sized Duck? : |
| Sub Title | Secrets to Succeeding at Interview Mind Games and Getting the Job You Want / |
| 246 30 - VARYING FORM OF TITLE | |
| Title proper/short title | Secrets to succeeding at interview mind games and getting the job you want |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | First edition. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Haryana |
| Name of publisher | One World |
| Year of publication | 2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | vi, 313p. |
| Other physical details | ill. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | "With more than 80 brainteasers that A-list companies use to identify creative thinkers"--Cover. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-292) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Foreword: The cherry tree incident -- part I. A short history of assessment: Army Alpha ; Bletchley Park ; The blind audition ; Creative problem-solving -- part II. Mind games: Take a detour ; Explore, plan, act ; Put yourself in someone else's place -- part III. Puzzles and problem-solving: Your first reaction is wrong ; Pay attention to unexpected words ; Use an analogy ; Break the problem into parts ; Draw a picture ; Try a simpler version of the problem ; Ask good questions ; Use a process of elimination ; Work backward ; Beware of trick questions ; Guesstimate and refine ; Set up equations ; Don't follow the wrong footsteps ; Ignore the MacGuffin ; List, count, divide ; Look for a parallel to the job ; Introduce a new feature -- Afterword: The Edison fallacy. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Each 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" -- Front jacket flap. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Employment interviewing |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Employee selection |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Creative thinking |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Problem solving |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Employee selection |
| 650 #7 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Employment interviewing |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | General |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | BOOKS |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Current library | Shelving location | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| IMSc Library | First Floor, Rack No: 1, Shelf No: 9 | 159.92 POU | 76249 | BOOKS |