【Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google?】

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作者：

William Poundstone

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好書指數：

6 / 10

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No, I am not. 睇完呢本書，我自尊心簡直係掉到落谷底。一黎，證明左我係好白痴，好多野都唔識，數底好差。二黎，都證實左我係有閱讀障礙。

最近呢本書經常會出現係書局當眼既位置，我好奇就買左。First impression 以為係講緊 Google 員工會經歷到既挑戰、難題。點知，本書有 50% 都係 Answers。原來入面係講 Google interview 會問既問題。初頭睇第一個 chapter 都幾得意，有一條問 "Using only a 4-minute hourglass (漏斗) and a 7-minute hourglass, measure exactly 9 minutes" 當然啦，呢 9 分鐘係唔可以斷開咁計。

貌似好易既題目，已經難到我。諗到頭都大埋，本身已經大架啦... 最傷自尊心既係，好多朋友都識答，心情就好似以前考試咁，個個都識，得我自己仲傻下傻下咁。

講返本書，雖然有一半都係 interview questions，但佢會比答案去解釋，最好既係會教識我地諗野要諗寬 D，當然仲要 logic 同 creative。比個貼士大家，去 interview 既時候，遇到唔清晰既問題，一定要問 interviewer，話唔定佢地會比多 D 貼士你去答問題。第二個貼士：遇到複雜既題目，一定唔可以答唔識，亦都唔好亂估，要將你諗既 ideas 逐 part 逐 part 咁講比佢聽，等佢知道你起碼有用心去分析條問題，只要有 logic 就得，唔洗怕答錯。係架啦，即係要你自言自語，將心入面既諗法 logic D 咁講晒出黎。

比多幾條你地諗

1. It is difficult to remember what you read, especially after many years. How would you address this?

2. How many golf balls will fit in a school bus? (*唔可以答唔知，唔可以亂估!)

3. Explain what a database is to your 8-year-old nephew using three sentences.

比 6 分既原因係，本書真係會傷到大家既自尊心。