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Tuesday, January 3, 2012

114. Samizdat


From, “How to Ace a Google Interview,” by William Poundstone, 12/24/11, The Wall Street Journal:

“And though Google doesn't comment on the specifics of its hiring process—it likes to maintain an air of mystery, which has led to a cottage industry of samizdat Google questions passed among hopeful future employees and curious outsiders—former and current Google HR specialists have shared rather freely with me what it is that motivates the way they interview job candidates.”

Samizdat: The clandestine copying and distribution of literature banned by the state, esp. formerly in communist countries.

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