http://www.GeekMBA360.com/im-going-to-retake-the-sat Career Advice At The Intersection Of Business And Technology Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:00:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.GeekMBA360.com/im-going-to-retake-the-sat/comment-page-1#comment-19155 Bing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:34:02 +0000 http://www.GeekMBA360.com/?p=921#comment-19155 It is interesting to compare Google and McKinsey's hiring practice to how the Imperial China chose civil servants. I guess test score is a good indicator of discipline and conformity---two necessary ingredients for any large organization to sustain. Still, compare to Microsoft, I think Google is doing a relatively good job in maintaining a healthy balance between conformity and creativity. Don't know anything about McKinsey. I guess that is a good indicator that I am not born for that job :) It is interesting to compare Google and McKinsey's hiring practice to how the Imperial China chose civil servants. I guess test score is a good indicator of discipline and conformity—two necessary ingredients for any large organization to sustain. Still, compare to Microsoft, I think Google is doing a relatively good job in maintaining a healthy balance between conformity and creativity. Don't know anything about McKinsey. I guess that is a good indicator that I am not born for that job

]]> http://www.GeekMBA360.com/im-going-to-retake-the-sat/comment-page-1#comment-14679 Bing Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:34:02 +0000 http://www.GeekMBA360.com/?p=921#comment-14679 It is interesting to compare Google and McKinsey's hiring practice to how the Imperial China chose civil servants. I guess test score is a good indicator of discipline and conformity---two necessary ingredients for any large organization to sustain. Still, compare to Microsoft, I think Google is doing a relatively good job in maintaining a healthy balance between conformity and creativity. Don't know anything about McKinsey. I guess that is a good indicator that I am not born for that job :) It is interesting to compare Google and McKinsey's hiring practice to how the Imperial China chose civil servants. I guess test score is a good indicator of discipline and conformity—two necessary ingredients for any large organization to sustain. Still, compare to Microsoft, I think Google is doing a relatively good job in maintaining a healthy balance between conformity and creativity. Don't know anything about McKinsey. I guess that is a good indicator that I am not born for that job

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