Management guru Peter Drucker noted that companies attracting the best knowledge workers will "secure the single biggest factor for competitive advantage." We and other forward-looking companies put a lot of effort into hiring such people. What are we looking for?
At the highest level, we are looking for non-routine problem-solving skills. We expect applicants to be able to solve routine problems as a matter of course. After all, that's what most education is concerned with. But the non-routine problems offer the opportunity to create competitive advantage, and solving those problems requires creative thought and tenacity.
Here's a real-life example, a challenge a team of our engineers once faced: designing a spell-checker for the Google search engine. Click Official Google Blog: Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning to know in more details.
At the highest level, we are looking for non-routine problem-solving skills. We expect applicants to be able to solve routine problems as a matter of course. After all, that's what most education is concerned with. But the non-routine problems offer the opportunity to create competitive advantage, and solving those problems requires creative thought and tenacity.
Here's a real-life example, a challenge a team of our engineers once faced: designing a spell-checker for the Google search engine. Click Official Google Blog: Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning to know in more details.