Google: Better To Be a 'B' CS Grad Than an 'A+' English Grad 358
theodp (442580) writes "In a NY Times interview on How to Get a Job at Google with Laszlo Bock, who is in charge of all hiring at Google, the subject of grit-based hiring came up. Bock explained: 'I was on campus speaking to a student who was a computer science and math double major, who was thinking of shifting to an economics major because the computer science courses were too difficult. I told that student they are much better off being a B student in computer science than an A+ student in English because it signals a rigor in your thinking and a more challenging course load. That student will be one of our interns this summer.' Bock also advised, 'You need to be very adaptable, so that you have a baseline skill set that allows you to be a call center operator today and tomorrow be able to interpret MRI scans.'"
15" Golf Holes (Score:5, Funny)
Google employment interview: "Do you think increasing the hole size is good for golf?"
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things. Not because they are easy, but because they are hard.”
John F. Kennedy
Yes, study CS to be a call center operator (Score:5, Funny)
Was that supposed to be a pitch for or against CS?
Re:*sigh* (Score:5, Funny)
I'm sure they did.
Re:What passes for rigorous thinking apparently (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Double A (Score:5, Funny)
Doesn't Google have on campus coffee shops? If so they need English majors to bolster their barista ranks.
Re:15" Golf Holes (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Open contempt for the humanities (Score:4, Funny)
So, English Majors are good for documentation and middle management?
Re:15" Golf Holes (Score:2, Funny)
I would share my google interview questions (some of them were pretty original and interesting), but unlike you I happen to remember they're confidential.
I would tell you woosh!!, but I suspect the situation would become recursive.