Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Toughest Companies for Job Interviews

Think ultra-selective companies like Google give the toughest job interviews? At least 20 firms put job candidates through an even tighter ringer, according to fins.com.

A new study from Glassdoor.com, a Sausalito, Calif.-based workplace culture website, ranked the toughest companies to interview at, analyzing user comments about the interview practices of specific companies. The toughest firms put their job candidates through several rounds of interviews riddled with brainteasers, technical questions and case study analyses. While a few of the usual suspects were in the top 20, some of the list-makers might surprise you.

At the top of the list were: consultancy McKinsey, proprietary trading firm Jane Street Capital and semiconductor manufacturer Cree Inc. Firms like BP (No. 10), Procter & Gamble (No. 12), investment fund Bridgewater Associates (No. 16) and Amazon (No. 18), followed. Notably absent from the top 20 were tech giants like Google and Apple, both notorious for their high levels of competition and challenging interviews…..

Find out more at: http://www.fins.com/Finance/Articles/SB130826852769924133/The-Toughest-Companies-for-Job-Interviews?link=FINS_mostpop_FN_newspage&Type=0

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