Remember the days when companies such as Microsoft and Mc-Kinsey took immense satisfaction from subjecting job candidates to mind-crunching strategy sessions If you thought that was rough, imagine an interview in which no amount of research or questioning of insiders will help. Imagine instead that all you can do is have a healthy breakfast, pick out your nicest suit, and hope for the best. In the new interview, they’re not just testing what you know. They’re also testing who you are.
It’s called the situational interview, and it’s quickly becoming a must in the job-seeking world. In the post-Enron culture of caution, corporations are focusing on an obvious insight: that a gold-plated resume and winning personality are about as accurate in determining job performance as Wall Street analysts are in picking stocks. Now, with shareholder scrutiny, hiring slowdowns, and expense-reducing, no manager can afford to hire the wrong person. Hundreds of compa
A. pressing them to solve strategic issues
B. causing them to crack mental problems
C. subjecting them to doing a lot of research
D. making them worry stiff problems out
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businessman needed to stave off a midlife crisis was on the end of a Ferrari are
gone. This year he needs to dig deep and purchase the Fender Jazz Bass he
dreamed of as an acne-ridden youth. Guitars have seen a massive resurgence in
the past few years, propping up the music retail industry and overtaking the
keyboard. Sales of electric guitars have jumped 30 per cent in two years, bass
guitars 11 per cent in the past 12 months. Barry Moorhouse, whose bass and
acoustic centre, House of Guitars, has long been a Mecca for rock stars,
recognized the trend and relocated his business to Bmne Street on the edge of
the city. The wisdom of the move was evident at the new shop’s opening when
insurance brokers and IT consultants appeared at his door like disciples drawn
to a shrine. Silently they stood eyein A. Ferrari was the only way that helped businessmen beat a midlife crisis before. B. Buying guitars becomes another effective way to stave over a middle crisis. C. Guitars have gained a renewal because the young people purchased a lot. D. Mr. Moorhouse relocated his business because he intended to make more money. 我来回答: 提交
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