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全新版大学进阶英语综合教程第4册Unit3JobHunting

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课文：HowtoGetaJobatGoogle

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HowtoGetaJobatGoogle

ByThomasL.Friedman

1LastJune,inaninterviewwithAdamBryantofTheTimes,LaszloBock,theseniorvice

presidentofpeopleoperationsforGoogle—i.e.,theguyinchargeofhiringforoneoftheworld’s

mostsuccessfulcompanies—notedthatGooglehaddeterminedthat“GPA’sareworthlessasa

criteriaforhiring,andtestscoresareworthless....Wefoundthattheydon’tpredictanything.”He

alsonotedthatthe“proportionofpeoplewithoutanycollegeeducationatGooglehasincreased

overtime”—nowashighas14percentonsometeams.Atatimewhenmanypeopleareasking,

“How’smykidgonnagetajob?”IthoughtitwouldbeusefultovisitGoogleandhearhowBock

wouldanswer.

2Don’tgethimwrong,Bockbegins,“Goodgradescertainlydon’thurt.”ManyjobsatGoogle

requiremath,computingandcodingskills,soifyourgoodgradestrulyreflectskillsinthoseareas

thatyoucanapply,itwouldbeanadvantage.ButGooglehasitseyesonmuchmore.

3“Therearefivehiringattributeswehaveacrossthecompany,”explainedBock.“Ifit’sa

technicalrole,weassessyourcodingability,andhalftherolesinthecompanyaretechnicalroles.

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全新版大学进阶英语综合教程第4册Unit3JobHunting

Foreveryjob,though,theNo.1thingwelookforisgeneralcognitiveability,andit’snotI.Q.It’s

learningability.It’stheabilitytoprocessonthefly.It’stheabilitytopulltogetherdisparatebitsof

information.Weassessthatusingstructuredbehavioralinterviewsthatwevalidatetomakesure

they’repredictive.”

4Thesecond,headd