Brainteasers need not apply when it comes to hiring. Real-world research affirms that interview questions like How many golf balls could you fit into a school bus? “don’t predict anything” and “are a complete waste of time” for employers. Google, for one, no longer uses them. Unstructured interview questions don’t help much either. Projects and portfolios prove reliably superior predictors of professional performance.
Whether You’re Qualified Depends on How You’re Quantified
The interview question of the future.
October 12, 2015
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