Interview Questions Google Google career WILLIAM POUNDSTONE wsj.com
Submitted Dec 24 2011 By Linda Cruz, 12 comments
A. He was playing Monopoly.Imagine a man named Jim. He's applying for a job at Google. Jim knows that the odds are stacked against him. Google receives a million job applications a year. It's estimated that only about 1 in 130 applications results in a job. By comparison, about 1 in 14 high-schoo...more»
10 Things Your Commencement Speaker Won't Tell You
new grad Life Lessons CHARLES WHEELAN wsj.com
Submitted Apr 30 2012 By Linda Cruz, 12 comments
Class of 2012, I became sick of commencement speeches at about your age. My first job out of college was writing speeches for the governor of Maine. Every spring, I would offer extraordinary tidbits of wisdom to 22-year-olds—which was quite a feat given that I was 23 at the time. In the decades ...more»
Submitted Nov 13 2012 By Jason Edwards, 12 comments
The ideal of an 'American way of life' is fading as the working class falls further away from institutions like marriage and religion and the upper class becomes more isolated. Charles Murray on what's cleaving America, and why. more»
Productivity LAURA VANDERKAM wsj.com
Submitted Feb 22 2012 By Victor Bennett, 12 comments
There was a time, not so long ago, when I was busy, busy, busy. At least I thought I was. I told people I worked 60 hours a week. I claimed to sleep six hours a night. As I lamented to anyone stuck next to me at parties, I was basically too busy to breathe. Me time? Ha! Now I work 45 hours a we...more»
Six Ways to Run Better Meetings
Productivity Workplace RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN wsj.com
Submitted Jun 20 2012 By Vincent Clayton, 12 comments
A recent study of how chief executives manage their time found that they spent about a third of their workweek in meetings—about 18 hours a week, on average. CEOs say that meetings are an important part of their job, helping them connect with managers and clients, but can be a waste of time if t...more»
Where's the Boss? Trapped in a Meeting
Productivity Workplace Boss RACHEL EMMA SILVERMAN wsj.com
Submitted Jun 18 2012 By Susan Copper, 13 comments
What do chief executives do all day? It really is what it seems: They spend about a third of their work time in meetings. WSJ's Francesca Donner looks at the results of a study that followed 500 CEOs to determine what they exactly do all day. It's not as cushy a work life as it might seem. Ph...more»
