Innovative Interviews: Untangling Puzzle Questions创新访谈：解开困惑的问题 By Rebecca R. Hastings, SPHR , September 2007 丽贝卡河的黑斯廷斯， SPHR ， 2007年9月 [ From SHRM%26#39;s HR Careers Articles ] [从人力资源管理学会的人力资源招聘文章 ] Puzzle interviews, which are most often used for high-tech, engineering and other analytical positions, provide employers with insights into how candidates solve problems in unusual situations.访谈之谜，这是最常用的高技术，工程和其他分析的立场，提供雇主认识到如何解决问题的候选人在不寻常的情况。 Though their use is unlikely for most HR positions, candidates should be aware of the technique, particularly if they seek HR opportunities at firms known to use such puzzlers.虽然它们的使用是不可能的大部分人力资源职位，候选人应该知道的技术，特别是当他们的机会寻求人力资源在公司知道使用这种puzzlers 。 %26quot;If a job seeker is targeting visionary positions with one of the technology gurus, such as IBM, Boeing, or Microsoft, a career professional may want to prepare him for the puzzle interview,%26quot; suggests the Career Industry Mega Trends research study released in 2007 by Career Directors International (CDI). “如果求职者的目标是有远见的阵地之一的技术大师，如IBM ，波音公司，或微软，专业的职业生涯可能要准备他的困惑采访时表示： ”建议职业米加工业发展趋势的研究，在2007年发布由国际职业董事 （处） 。 %26quot;Puzzle questions can appear tricky and loaded, especially when coupled with the stress and pressure of the interview,%26quot; the CDI report says. “困惑的问题可能会出现微妙和加载，尤其是在加上紧张和压力的采访时表示： ”课程发展处报告说。 Eight percent of human resource professionals surveyed by CDI in 2007 said they used puzzle interview questions.百分之八的人力资源专业调查的基民党在2007年说，他们使用的难题采访的问题。 An August 2007 article in Business 2.0 magazine says businesses use puzzle interviews in part because they need people who can think on their feet. %26quot;The most common types of questions either ask the applicant to solve puzzles or brainteasers (eg, %26quot;Why are manhole covers round?%26quot; or %26quot;How many times a day do a clock%26#39;s hands overlap?%26quot;) or to solve unusual problems (eg, %26quot;How would you weigh an airplane without a scale?%26quot; or %26quot;How many golf balls does it take to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool?%26quot;)%26quot; according to %26quot;Puzzle Interviews: What Are They and What Do They Measure?,%26quot; an article from the Winter 2007 issue of Applied HRM Research .一位2007年8月条 商业2.0杂志说，企业使用之谜访谈部分原因是因为他们需要的人谁可以认为，他们的脚。 “最常见的问题，或者要求申请人解决难题或brainteasers （例如， ”为什么井盖轮？ “或”多少次每天做24小时的双手重叠吗？ “ ）或解决不寻常的问题（例如， ”你将如何权衡下飞机的规模？ “或”有多少高尔夫球没有考虑，以填补奥林匹克规格的游泳池？ “ ） ”根据“之谜访谈：什么是他们和他们什么措施？ ” ，一篇文章从2007年冬季应用的问题人力资源管理研究 。 Additional puzzle interview questions can be found on sites such as Techinterview.org .附加之谜采访的问题上可以找到网站，如Techinterview.org 。 What Goes Around, Comes Around 围绕什么，来自各地 Puzzle interviews have been around for years but have recently been hailed as a new phenomenon, says Laura DeCarlo, president and executive director of CDI, a professional association for career professionals. William Poundstone, author of How Would You Move Mount Fuji?: Microsoft%26#39;s Cult of the Puzzle-How the World%26#39;s Smartest Companies Select the Most Creative Thinkers (Little Brown and Co., 2004) attributes the use of this method to Nobel Prize-winning inventor William Shockley, whose efforts to make $1 million from silicon-based transistors in the late 1950s are credited with launching Silicon Valley as the center of electronics innovation.访谈之谜已存在多年，但最近已被视为一个新的现象，劳拉说， DeCarlo ，总裁和执行董事处，专业协会为职业的专业人员。威廉庞德斯的作者， 你会如何移动富士山？ ：微软的邪教的困惑，如何世界最聪明的公司选择最有创见的思想家 （小布朗公司， 2004年）的属性使用此方法来诺贝尔文学奖得主威廉肖克莱发明，其努力，使100万美元基于硅的晶体管20世纪50年代末记发射硅谷为中心的电子创新。 But HR people should not panic in the rare situation where a puzzle or logic question is posed, DeCarlo says.但是，人力资源的人不应该恐慌中罕见的情况下，一个谜或逻辑构成的问题是， DeCarlo说。 %26quot;It%26#39;s really a matter of staying calm and being eager to try to come up with a solution.%26quot; “这真是一个令人平静和停留正在渴望尝试拿出一个解决办法。 ” Candidates should ask open-ended questions, grab a notepad and begin thinking out loud.考生应要求不限成员名额的问题，抓住一个记事本，并开始大声思维。 HR people should not be afraid to think outside the box, says Lin Blair, SPHR, HR project leader for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Little Rock.人力资源的人不应该害怕想以外的方块中，布莱尔说，林， SPHR ，人力资源项目负责人的阿肯色州蓝十字和蓝盾小石城。 She recommends practicing regularly with puzzles and brain teasers to stay in the habit of using the brain in different ways.她建议实行定期与谜语和智力游戏留在习惯使用的大脑以不同的方式。 %26quot;We can continue to grow connections between the brain hemispheres by doing things outside of our comfort zone and through the process of learning,%26quot; she says. “我们可以继续增长之间的联系，大脑半球的事情之外的舒适区，并通过学习过程， ”她说。 %26quot;Having been a recruiter for HR people I have yet to see these kind of unusual interview styles trickle into the HR world,%26quot; says Laura M. Labovich, president of A %26amp; E Consulting LLC in Potomac Falls, Va. However, when it comes to interviews, the old idiom rings true: %26quot;forewarned is forearmed.%26quot; “曾经是为人力资源招聘的人我还没有看到这类不寻常的采访作风涓滴成世界上人力资源， ”劳拉说Labovich先生，总裁A ＆ E规格咨询公司的波托马克瀑布，弗吉尼亚州然而，在采访，旧环真正惯用法： “是预先警告。 ” %26quot;Find out what kind of interview you%26#39;ll be going on in advance,%26quot; Labovich says. “找到了什么样的采访中您将继续在推进， ” Labovich说。 %26quot;Applicants need to do their research on the different methods of interview styles that are out there and find out-if they can-what the company uses.%26quot; “申请人需要做他们的研究方法的不同风格，采访了正在那里找到，如果他们能，该公司使用。 ” She suggests using social networking sites and chat rooms to search for insights into the interviewing methods companies use.她建议使用社交网站和聊天室寻求深入了解企业的面试方法使用。 %26quot;If you expect the unusual it won%26#39;t come as a surprise,%26quot; DeCarlo says. “如果你不寻常的期望不会感到惊讶， ” DeCarlo说。 %26quot;The only bad answer is when you don%26#39;t give an answer.%26quot; “只有不好的回答是当你不给答案。 ” Rebecca R. Hastings, SPHR, is online writer/editor for SHRM. 丽贝卡河黑斯廷斯， SPHR ，在线作家/编辑的人力资源管理学会。
