40 posts and columns on Quartz
Why Google Stopped Trying to Make You Feel Stupid During Job Interviews
We found that brainteasers are a complete waste of time. How many golf balls can you fit into an airplane? How many gas stations in Manhattan? A complete waste of time. They don’t predict anything. They serve primarily to make the interviewer feel smart.
— Google HR executive Laszlo Bock, telling the New York Times’ Adam Bryant that the company no longer asks applicants to complete mental gymnastics during job interviews. Via Quartz.
30 Minutes or It’s Free
Pizza is an obvious candidate for 3D printing because it can be printed in distinct layers, so it only requires the print head to extrude one substance at a time.
— From a description of Anjan Contractor’s 3-D food printer, by Christopher Mims on Quartz